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A view from the flight deck over the south-west of England, on a flight from London to Baltimore.
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Sun Pillar over Lochbuie, United States
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Cirrocumulus over Northside Park, United States
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Altocumulus that looked to Marianne as if she was looking into the ocean instead of the sky, with the way whales and sharks have lots of small fish around them, cleaning them by eating away parasites. This was the view of the sky near Ronda, Andalusia, Spain.
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Altocumulus stratiformis undulatus, also known as a "mackerel sky", is on display above lower level cumulus fractus, over Boca Raton, Florida, US
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A multi-layered view at sunrise over An Yue County, Ziyang City, Sichuan Province, China
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Altocumulus stratiformis radiatus over Aix-en-Provence, France
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An expansive display of altocumulus over Esfahan, Iran
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Glory over Lee, United Kingdom
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A notable contrast in the sky over Napa, California, US
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A colorful sky over a layer of fog, at sunset over Crank, Merseyside, England
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Altocumulus lenticularis duplicates with cumulus fractus in the foreground, spotted over Patagonia, Argentina
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Cirrus homogenitus as a result of aircraft condensation trails, also known as contrails, in the upper atmosphere. When these types of clouds persist and evolve towards a more natural appearance, its cloud classification changes from homogenitus to homomutatus. This example was spotted over Abergavenny, Wales.
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A rare sighting of what appears to be a twinned rainbow. This is when twin rainbows, one primary and one secondary, start at the same point, yet they follow slightly different paths so they end up looking something like a rainbow-colored "V". This is caused by different sizes and shapes of water drops falling from the sky at the same time. This optical phenomena was spotted near Den Hoorn, Texel, Netherlands.
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Cumulonimbus over t Horntje, Netherlands
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On a flight from Dubai to Johannesburg, Jim had a unique view from above the clouds, viewing the storms developing over Zanzibar on Unguja Island, Tanzania
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Thanks, Anne & Anthony: I agree, I quite like the impression of wind-blown speed in the cirrus, contrasted with the apparent solidity and steadfastness of the cumulus below.
Spectacular cloud vista, Mark. One could almost imagine it being a landscape on earth, with a streaming snowy blizzard scouring the mountains of antarctica.
Wonderful image!
Thanks, Becky. It was a lovely flight, in fact; before rising above the clouds as in this picture, there were a whole series of beautiful layers, alternately sunlit and dark. I may send more of the pictures to CAS, but you can see a few in my flickr photostream, starting at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/markmccaughrean/8395522511/in/photostream
Beautiful!! Like a veil across growing things!