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A rarely spotted Moonbow/Lunar Rainbow over Miramar, Costa Rica.
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Contrails in the sky during sunset over Warblington, Hampshire, England
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Cirrus spissatus that takes on the resemblance of a large bird in the sky, spotted over Kianga, New South Wales, Australia
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Altocumulus lenticularis near the San Gabriel Mountains, Pasadena, California, US
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Mammatus (Mamma) spotted over Canutillo, Texas, US
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Altocumulus at sunset over Edmonds, Washington, US
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Strong winds at higher levels of the troposphere causing cirrus clouds to fan out across the sky, spotted over Cooma, New South Wales, Australia
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Stratocumulus near Brooktrails, Willits, California, US
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An attack by the "dragon cloud" above Palermo, Sicily, Italy
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A large cumulus congestus cloud formation that Bronwyn was hoping would produce some rain following a spell of hot weather, but it dissipated without leaving any rain in its wake, spotted near Pittsboro, North Carolina, US
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A rainbow over National Taipei University, Taiwan
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Seeing faces in clouds, as within this cumulonimbus over Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, US
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Sunset along the beach, spotted by Reven's daughter, Isla, over Canggu Beach, Indonesia
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Altocumulus over National Taipei University, Xindian District, Taipei City, Taiwan
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Altocumulus lenticularis over Northwest Iran
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A thin layer of altocumulus lenticularis "floating" above Dalhousie University and University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Further to Photo Editor’s note above readers may be interested in a phenomenon called “Air glow”.
Today (27 Jan 16) on the NASAA APOD page a lovely photo is featured of an Air glow. At first sight it appears like an aurorae but this is not the case.
Here is the photo and a brief informative explanation about how Air glows come about:-
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160127.html
Laurence
More information here……
http://atoptics.co.uk/rainbows/moonbow.htm