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A view of distant nacreous clouds, captured with the tail camera of a Glider at 50,000 ft. over Argentina.
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Cirrus over San Luis Rey, United States
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Formation of cirrus fibratus, thanks in part, to the remnants of earlier contrails over Williston, Vermont, US.
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Cumulus congestus illuminated over Fukuoka, Japan
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Glory from the view of working in a wind turbine, over Assenede, Belgium.
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Cumulonimbus incus forming over Cascavel, Parana, Brazil.
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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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Beautiful cloud picture, Morgan!
Definitely flying the glider very high up in the sky with all the mid-level clouds located far below. Can imagine how cold it would get at 50,000 ft (near the bottom of the Stratosphere), despite the sun shining through the very thin atmospheric air up there in the glider- probably as cold as -50C at least. The distant, rainbow nacreous cloud captured by the glider’s camera would be located even higher up in the very thin atmosphere where it is even colder and would be entirely made of ice crystals.
From Rebecca Hill, Canberra, Australia