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Sky views with clouds

by gene.mcgill95

Mostly related to cloud formations and related optical phenomena.

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Developing cumulus above Grand Mesa.
Looking west along the boundary between not storm and storm.
Panorama of a very active thunderstorm over the south side of Grand Mesa.
Nearly overhead detail of the (I suspect) roll cloud. It was quite windy all day down at ground level.
(I suspect a) Roll cloud over Grand Mesa. Panorama spans over 165 degrees. Twelve vertical frames were stitched together to make this image.
Turnagain Arm.
Backlit rain , Devils Thumb.
Windy day on the Dallas Divide.
Antenna farm on top of Ester Dome, just west of Fairbanks. (In Explore)
Monsoon lightning over Grand Mesa.
Monsoon lightning over Grand Mesa.
Rain, rainbow detail.
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Cumulus Mammatus over Grand Mesa
Orographic clouds over Grand Mesa at sunrise.
Wind turbines above the town of Kodiak, Alaska. Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak is in the lower center. Kodiak gets 99% of its electricity from local hydro, wind and energy storage. Don't believe someone who says wind turbines do not work in cold climates.
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High key view of today's snow
Clouds approaching ahead of the latest atmospheric river.
The Moon, Mercury and Venus at sunset Christmas Eve.
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High key view of today's snow
Cessna Citation Latitude on approach to MTJ
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Lunar eclipse, partial stage. Early in the eclipse, this was closer to the horizon with thin clouds in addition to somewhat hazy atmosphere generally.
Lenticular cloud, Longs Peak
Dream Lake, Emerald Lake, Hallet Peak
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Smoke plume from Pack Creek Fire, about 100 miles distant
Smoke-colored sun setting behind the Grand Mesa. The smoke is from the Pack Creek Fire about 100 miles distant.
Colorful cumulus / mammatus clouds at sunset
Clouds on the other side of Grand Mesa
Stormy weather on the Uncompahgre Plateau
Smoke-obscured sun setting over Grand Mesa
Sunset over Grand Mesa
Sunset over Grand Mesa
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Sunset rain
Corona, but not a virus. With the sun set behind Grand Mesa, the corona became quite prominent.
Venus in the night sky after sunset
Sirius, Orion, Venus after sunset
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Airplane, Rainstorm
LIghtning in the Uncompahgre
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Rainbow, Rainshaft
Storm over Shiprock (Tsé Bitʼaʼí)
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Backlit Rain, Uncompahgre Plateau
Backlit Rain, Uncompahgre Plateau
Rimlit Cumulus
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Rainbow
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Unsettled weather over the Uncompahgre Plateau
Upper reaches of Uncompahgre at sunset
Rain over the Uncompahgre Plateau
Lightning
Cumulonimbus beyond the ridge
Smoky sunset over Grand Mesa
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Jupiter and the Moon slip behind a mountain wave cloud in Western Colorado
30 seconds of the Western Colorado monsoon
Ten seconds of the Western Colorado monsoon
Monsoon over Uncompahgre
Western Colorado Storm
Storm in Western Colorado
Storm in Western Colorado
Near the end of the road at Narrow Cape.
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Lines in the sky
Ski tracks, Tundra
Unnamed peak off the Pinnell Mountain Trail
Sun pillar, Sun dogs above Eagle Summit
Sun pillar and ski tracks above Eagle Summit
Mt. Adams, forest fires
Denali, through a hole in the clouds, from Wonder Lake, Denali
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Dempster Highway View
Forest fire, Tanana Flats, Alaska
Maui Sunset
Turbulence around Denali, #2
Turbulence around Denali
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Winter winds on Mt. Healy, Alaska
Winter winds on Mt. Healy, Alaska
Winter winds on Mt. Healy, Alaska
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