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A lower tangent arc in diamond dust, spotted from a cable car, looking down to Grindelwald in Switzerland.
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Virga spotted over Goodyear, Arizona, US
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A thunderstorm captured at night, with lightning highlighting what appears to be an Altocumulus lenticularis in the midst of the storm system, spotted near Waterford, Wisconsin, US
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Circumhorizon Arc spotted over Lewiston, Maine, US
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A study in the different states of contrails, and as Adam highlights, it's a glimpse into the state of the upper atmosphere at different altitudes, at any given moment. This juxtaposition of at least three different contrails was spotted over Cleveland, Ohio, US.
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Circumhorizon Arc spotted over Jung Frau, Switzerland
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Crepuscular rays with strips of Cirrus high in the sky, spotted near Boca Raton, Florida, US
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Circumhorizon Arc spotted over Alexandria, Virginia, US
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A mixed sky during the early morning over Madison, Wisconsin, US
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Cirrocumulus spotted over Pingtung, Taiwan
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A birds-eye view of a Cumulonimbus, illuminated by lightning at night, spotted over Europe on a flight from Egypt to the United Kingdom
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A stationary Cumulus with a low cloud base spotted near Mortar, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Low level Stratus settling in over the artichoke fields in Castroville, California, US
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Reflections of virga spotted in the early morning over Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland
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A dynamic sky presented itself over Top of Parlick, Chipping, Lancashire, England
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Altocumulus lenticularis spotted over Winthrop, Washington, US
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Pretty amazing, snowy, late-winter picture, John!
Looks like you could almost enter the grand-arch rainbow diamond-dust cave entrance at the bottom of the mountain and enter into a cave system. The majestic mountain peaks almost above rise up to the cloudy heavens and appear to float on the lower-level stratus clouds gradually lifting due to the weak late-winter sun’s heat. From Rebecca Hill, Canberra, Australia