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The dark, ominous base of a Cumulonimbus gathering over Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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An afternoon downpour near Charlo, Montana, US
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In sharply defined rainbows, a set of narrow coloured bands can often be found repeating on the inside of the primary bow. Called supernumerary bows, they add an extra-special dimension to the display and are produced by diffraction as light waves cross each other exiting the raindrops, as seen here over Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Virga spotted over Torrejon de Ardoz, Spain
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22-degree halo over Doubtful Sound, New Zealand
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Circumzenithal Arc spotted over Northern California, US
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On a journey along deep sand, Lynda's friend, Fayne Connelly, captured this view of the sand and the sky during a trip between the Savuti Plains in Botswana travelling to Zambezi Mubala Campsite on the banks of the Zambezi.
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Undulatus spotted by Dan's friend, John Maltese, from the shore of Lake Pleasant in the southern Adirondacks, Speculator, New York, US
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An elongated version of altocumulus lenticularis spotted over Dunkeld, Scotland
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Mesmerizing iridescence spotted near Blowing Rock, North Carolina, US
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Cumulus congestus over the Atlantic Ocean, viewed from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, US
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Sunset over Puget Sound near Edmonds, Washington, US
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Cumulus over Seaham, England
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Mammatus (Mamma) following a storm over Wilson, Wyoming, US
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A solitary cloud spotted amidst the blue sky over Goffs Oak, Hertfordshire, England
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Sunset over Kingsthorpe, Northampton, England
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Christina, thanks for this dramatic shot!
I like the glowering skies, all moody and forbidding, and prophetic of heavy rain to come. I also like the stark of the sunlight, soon to come to end, in the foreground.
We had something like this here in Yate, south Gloucestershire, UK,yesterday. Huge mammatus clouds which delivered big rain. The skies were as dark as the one your photo portrayed.
Laurence
Laurence
Very dramatic sky, Christina! The dark sky in the distance, with the sun shining on it certainly looks threatening, already to produce an afternoon late-autumn thunderstorm soon and highlights the long, straight city streets and business district in the foreground! Hope that you weren’t caught out when the storm did eventually come! Run for cover! Rebecca Hill, Canberra, Australia