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Altocumulus filling the sky near Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Altocumulus stratiformis over Sauve, France
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Altocumulus near Larestan, Fars Province, Iran
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Cirrocumulus stratiformis over Brisbane, Australia
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Altocumulus stratiformis undulatus over Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland
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Altocumulus stratiformis amidst a sunrise over Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Orographic Stratus, formed as moist air cools as it rises up the cliffside, beneath Altocumulus stratiformis spotted over Isla de los Estados, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.
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Altocumulus stratiformis undulatus spotted over Taylor, Texas, US.
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A high formation of Altocumulus stratiformis undulatus, also known more poetically as ‘a mackerel sky’. Spotted over Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
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Altocumulus cloudlets lined up into rows, known as undulatus, spotted over East Tisted, Hampshire, England.
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Altocumulus with the pattern of holes, know as lacunosus, over Fox Glacier, South Island, New Zealand.
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Altocumulus spotted over Sanxia District, Taiwan.
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Altocumulus clouds with a hole that looks to be a cavum, or fallstreak hole.
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A sunrise over Whiteface Mountain, Adirondack Mountains, New York, US.
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Altocumulus clouds spreading across the sky over Lafayette Park in San Francisco, US.
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A sunrise over Rimrock, Arizona, US.
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