Altocumulus are mid-level layers or patches of cloudlets in the shape of rounded clumps. Up lift has caused a patch of Altocumulus lenticularis

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Altocumulus are mid-level layers or patches of cloudlets in the shape of rounded clumps. Up lift has caused a patch of Altocumulus lenticularis with some fringe opalescence

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Size: 6500px × 4333px
Location: Scarborough, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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