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A rarely spotted Moonbow/Lunar Rainbow over Miramar, Costa Rica.
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22-degree halo spotted over Twisp, Washington, US
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Stratocumulus over Esfahan, Iran
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Streaks of clouds spotted over Blairgowrie, Scotland
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A developing storm over Marina Town, Fukuoka City, Japan
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A mixed sky over the foothills of the Cevennes, near Sauve, France
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An exquisite sunset over Berkeley, California, US
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Supercilium developing in conjunction with dissipating Altocumulus lenticularis, spotted shortly before sunrise over Longmont, Colorado, US
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Cirrocumulus with some limited signs of lacunosus, spotted over Taiwan
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On the road towards stratocumulus clouds, spotted over Alentejo, Portugal
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Sunset with altocumulus clouds, with the shape reminding Carolyn of pince-nez glasses that were very popular in the late 19th century and early 20th century, spotted over Irvine, California, US
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Cumulus congestus which ushered in rain showers over Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
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Cumulus spotted on a late spring morning over Modbury Heights, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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A mixed sky over Dover, Delaware, US
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Birds flying beneath cirrostratus, spotted over Esfahan, Iran
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Following consecutive days of overcast weather, the sun made an appearance during the late afternoon, to contribute towards a colourful sunset over Bonnie View Nature Sanctuary, Columbia, Missouri, US
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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