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An impressive view of a developing cumulonimbus from the top of the Partenio mountains looking towards the top of Monte Stella twenty kilometers away, spotted in Italy.
Altocumulus lenticularis duplicatus accompanied by Mt. Rainier in a majestic pairing near Seattle, Washington, US
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A wavy representation of altostratus that accompanied the edge of a storm system, spotted over Maidstone, Kent, England
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Asperitas spotted during a walk along the Rhine River, Mainz, Germany
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Cirrus over Temecula, California, US
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A crisp reflection of the sky on Blea Water, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England
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A contrail from what was potentially a rocket launch approximately 300 miles south of Oakland, California, US
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Pileus over Biga, Indonesia
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Asperitas over Northern California, US
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Crepuscular rays finding their way through a layer of stratocumulus clouds over Alexandria, Virginia, US
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Sun Dog (Parhelion) over the Estrella foothills, Arizona, US
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A picturesque sunset over El Dorado Hills, California, US
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Similar to other clouds, contrails can cast shadows, in that an aircraft and its contrail are actually high up in the sky, while the shadow is cast downwards onto the cirrus haze layer by the sun or the moon. The thin layer acts as a canvas upon which the shadow is projected. In the end, contrail shadows are a captivating atmospheric optical phenomena that sometimes appears counter-intuitive. This example of such a contrail and its shadow was spotted over Columbus, Ohio, US.
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Circumzenithal Arc spotted over Northern California, US
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Cumulus homogenitus, which is cloud development as a result of human activity, such as the steam rising from the boiler roof stacks on top of buildings on the Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York, US.
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A multi-level view of cloud development over Lake Michigan, with cold temperatures that were hovering around -4 degrees Fahrenheit (-20 degrees Celsius), as viewed from the 12th floor of a building in Chicago, Illinois, US.
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