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Turbulence in the wave cloud formations on the eastern lee side of the Sierra Nevada, near the Owens Valley, California, US. Visit photographer’s website...
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22-degree halo over Bigfork, Montana, US
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Stratocumulus over Haarlem, Netherlands
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Iridescence over Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, US
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Sun Dog over Houston, Texas, US
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Setting sun masked by Altostratus over Sumirago, Italy
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Mixed precipitation, accompanied by an Altocumulus Lenticularis, over the Adirondack Mountains in northern New York, US.
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Altocumulus over Camacha, Portugal
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A fingerprint of Cirrocumulus undulatus over Devizes, England
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Altocumulus over Portal Ridge Wildlife Preserve in Fairmont, California, US
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Mamma over Castres, France
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Cumulus fractus with iridescence over Woodland, Oregon, US.
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22-degree halo over Barbados, West Indies.
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Stratocumulus observed over Mt. Yasur, Tanna Island, Vanuatu. George tells us there is an ash plume visible just beneath the cloud.
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Cumulus over White Tank, New Zealand
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Stratocumulus over Nieuwege, Belgium
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Very beautiful and very unusual. I am having difficulty telling the clouds from the mountains. Or is it all cloud? Do I see a Labrador upper middle left.