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A sky full of convective clusters over Wassenaar, The Netherlands.
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A "sprouting" cumulus congestus near Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada
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A unique variation of undulatus, with a resemblance to a large flame, spotted over Mercogliano, Italy
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Altocumulus lenticularis, which has a resemblance to a mother whale with a baby whale swimming underneath it, spotted over Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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A vivid portion of a rainbow spotted near Gruyere, Yarra Valley, Melbourne, Australia
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Taking flight underneath a storm system near San Bernardino, California, US
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A primary and secondary rainbow over Yancey County, Western North Carolina, US
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Cumulus clouds building into a storm system over Northern California, US
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A "ring" of cumulus seen on a morning over the Kalva Railway Station, Thane, India
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Cumulus with a high level of haze due to Canadian wildfires and subsequent smoke moving into the area over Madison, Wisconsin, US
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A reflection of the sky over the Tonlegee Reservoir, Swords, County Dublin, Ireland
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A particularly orange hued sun as a result of atmospheric particles, spotted an hour after sunrise near Alexander in western North Carolina, US
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Vicars' Close is reportedly Europe's oldest residential street, which as Helen conveyed, is famous for its chimneys. She likes to imagine the clouds as smoke coming from them, as seen here over Wells, Somerset, England.
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A distrail, short for "dissipation trail", occurs when an aircraft passes through a cloud and it turns the water droplets in the cloud into gas or ice. This distrail is seen slicing its way through a layer of cirrostratus over Kianga, New South Wales, Australia.
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Altocumulus perlucidus spotted over Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US
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Cirrostratus undulatus spotted over the valley near the Fraser River, Fort Langley, British Columbia, Canada
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Thanks, Laurence. And it just goes to show that you don’t even need to leave your back garden to witness such beauty ;-)
This is what I like – ever changing drama! One of my real favourites of clouds, and which never fail to enthral me.
Laurence