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A rarely spotted Moonbow/Lunar Rainbow over Miramar, Costa Rica.
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Crepuscular rays at sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean, as seen from Boca Raton, Florida, US
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Subtle reflections of cumulus along Green Lake, Seattle, Washington, US
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A view of cumulus to the north, near Modbury Heights, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Cumulus congestus spotted by Bridget's mother during the evening near Passive, France
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Signs of mammatus (mamma) in this dissipating storm system, spotted in the "Hill Country Strong" area of Kerrville, Texas, US
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Altocumulus over Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
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While cloud spotting at the local airport, Nancy was reminded of a feather with this particular formation over Corvallis, Oregon, US
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Remnants of a dissipating storm system over the Philippine Sea
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On an early summer afternoon, Junichi spotted what appeared to be clouds that were dancing over Hakata Station, Fukuoka City, Japan
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After arriving home following his work day, Daniel spotted this sky at sunset over Erlensee, Germany
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When Elizabeth was driving down a country road, a plethora of clouds appeared before her, near Green Valley, Arizona, US
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Signs of a developing storm spotted over Estrella Foothills, Arizona, US
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A soaring bird in the morning sky over Santa Rosa, California, US
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Cumulus congestus over Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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A morning view of cumulus, spotted from 30,000 feet above eastern Washington, 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