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The summer sky viewed from the flight deck over the Northern Atlantic Ocean.
4 thoughts on “The summer sky viewed from the flight deck over the Northern Atlantic Ocean.”
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Vicars' Close is reportedly Europe's oldest residential street, which as Helen conveyed, is famous for its chimneys. She likes to imagine the clouds as smoke coming from them, as seen here over Wells, Somerset, England.
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A distrail, short for "dissipation trail", occurs when an aircraft passes through a cloud and it turns the water droplets in the cloud into gas or ice. This distrail is seen slicing its way through a layer of cirrostratus over Kianga, New South Wales, Australia.
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Altocumulus perlucidus spotted over Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US
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Cirrostratus undulatus spotted over the valley near the Fraser River, Fort Langley, British Columbia, Canada
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A developing storm over Esfahan, Iran
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Turbulent skies at sunrise over Maui, Hawaii, US
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Virga sweeping through the atmosphere over Goodyear, Arizona, US
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A combination of altocumulus lenticularis and cumulus spotted during the morning hours over Madison, Wisconsin, US
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An incoming evening storm near Canberra, Australia
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An incoming storm system with crepuscular rays and shadows along the horizon, near North Dundas Township, Ontario, Canada
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A primary and secondary rainbow spotted during the early morning over Atagohama, Fukuoka City, Japan
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A incoming storm system that yielded rain, hail, and lightning, near the Les Vosges-Mountains of Alsace, France
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A colourful sunrise over the Sangre de Cristo mountains, north of Santa Fe, New Mexico, US
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A classic example of asperitas spotted during the early morning over Tours, France
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Asperitas at the forefront of incoming precipitation over Lucas, Texas, US
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Peter
This is a superb mono image and from the flight deck .
Thanks for sharing
Regards
John
A good shot of the clouds taken from an airplane. The black and White Image shows up the cloud shadows really well. All the tallest cumulus cloud anvils are pointing in the same direction. From Rebecca Hill
What a stunning shot from above!! I just checked the NASA’s APOD page 18 and saw the uncanny resemblance of the two photos. Ours is much better or course.
Joan
Hi Peter,
Marvellous shot, especially taken in monochrome which, I think, lends more grandeur to the scene you were lucky to have photographed. I was entranced by it.
Now, here is a test! Your photo immediately reminded me of the marvellous image taken very far away from our planet Earth by NASA’s “New Horizons” spacecraft of Pluto,
The image and shows Pluto’s clouds. It bears a remarkable similarity to your photo! Do, please, have a look.
Image released on NASA’s APOD page 18 September 2015.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150918.html
Laurence