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A hint of iridescence in lenticularis over the Sawatch Range in Colorado, US.
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An expansive storm system as a formidable backdrop to Pi, captured near Bluff, Utah, US
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Cumulonimbus incus spotted over Micco, Florida, US
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A cloud that looks like a fox, spotted over Avondale, Arizona, US
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Cumulus spotted over Taiwan
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Rainbow near Pennal, Gwynedd, Wales
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Stratus along the mountain valleys, spotted near DeLat, Vietnam
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Signs of a partial circumzenithal arc, with red on the outside and violet on the inside, spotted over Folkstone, England
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Mammatus (Mamma) spotted during a storm over Stoke Newington, London, England
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Cumulus over the mountains near Yilan, Taiwan
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A succession of elevated cloud development near Cap-d'Ail, France
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Developing storms in the sky around Boulder, Colorado, US
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Cirrostratus over Taiwan
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Supercilium, an unofficial classification for short-lived cloud formations that resemble eyebrow-like features, spotted over Bodega Bay, California, US
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Cirrus uncinus which Anna says resembles their alphorn, spotted over Champfer, Engadin, Switzerland
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22-degree halo over Harlow Common, Essex, England
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Beautiful picture, Mark!
Definitely a nice mid-spring afternoon picture looking from a view-point over the vast, green, monochrome-coloured pine forests of Colorado, USA towards the spectacular Sawtooth Mountain Range, still with plenty of winter snow on the tops.
The sky is interesting, with plenty of mid-high altocumulus cloud up there(looks a lot more like high cirrus cloud to me) and a few darker-coloured, lenticular ones there as well, their edges shining with an iridescent hew. Their shape almost appear distorted as the air currents stretch them from side to side to different parts of the sky at different times. Can’t see any halo around the sun, as it usually occurs when there is high-level cloud in the sky and the sun shines on the ice crystals in the clouds and creates the rainbow colours.
From Rebecca Hill, Canberra, Australia