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Night shot of cirrus (lit up by London streetlights) behind a tree. | Flooded garden after half an hour of torrential thunderstorm. "OK who left the hosepipe on?" | Scraggy and very low cloud on the back of the storm. |
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Exceptionally clear night for August. First attempt to purpously take pictures of the stars with my digital camera. London streetlights limit quality though. :/ | This was one helluva vivid sunset. Demonic! | Early morning altocumulus with the sun throwing a few beams through it. |
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5:25pm: Huge Cumulonimbus cloud with a tower rising out the top. It got very dull and wet a short while later, with a rumble of thunder. | Strong sun shining through a very heavy shower. | And the corresponding rainbow. |
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Huge tower silhouetted against some cirrus. Viewed from a glider directly underneath and just below cloudbase. A short while later I found a 6Kt thermal under it. | Early morning mackerel sky |
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Strong Inversion from 3000 feet | Vivid red sunset | Major spreadout above Hampshire | Small Cu contrasting against back end of shower. | Little fluffy cumulus clouds | Sunset |
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East and West edges respectively of huge circular hole | Typical lunchtime sky | Typical late afternoon sky |
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12:30pm: Clockwise 360 panarama from top of Stockley Golf Course (few miles North of Heathrow Airport) starting from South. Huge shower to West. Light levels changed rapidly (hence banding). Very windy! | Lunchtime shower cloud | 7:30pm: Rainbow |
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12:30pm: 360 Clockwise Panorama from West. | Huge lunchtime shower |