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Bright (double) rainbow with supernumerary bows

Bright (double) rainbow with supernumerary bows

A bright Perseid meteor streaks over Exmoor National Park - 00:32UT, 9 August 2016

A bright Perseid meteor streaks over Exmoor National Park - 00:32UT, 9 August 2016

The Full Moon rising through the Belt of Venus with the Earth's blue-grey shadow lying along the horizon - 22 April 2021

The Full Moon rising through the Belt of Venus with the Earth's blue-grey shadow lying along the horizon - 22 April 2021

A Perseid meteor dropping through the stars of Ophiuchus over the Jurassic Coast, in Dorset — 12/13 August 2021

A Perseid meteor dropping through the stars of Ophiuchus over the Jurassic Coast, in Dorset — 12/13 August 2021

Bright sundog showing colours of the visible spectrum - 13 August 2015

Bright sundog showing colours of the visible spectrum - 13 August 2015

Montage showing the development of the green flash phenomenon

Montage showing the development of the green flash phenomenon

22-degree Sun halo with improvised occulting disk (polystyrene ball on a stick)

22-degree Sun halo with improvised occulting disk (polystyrene ball on a stick)

Sunset reflections over the Mediterranean showing atmospheric reddening of the solar disc

Sunset reflections over the Mediterranean showing atmospheric reddening of the solar disc

Bright and colourful lunar corona

Bright and colourful lunar corona

Lightning fork during night-time thunderstorm

Lightning fork during night-time thunderstorm

A Perseid meteor fireball soars through Cassiopeia

A Perseid meteor fireball soars through Cassiopeia

Sun pillar at sunset - 13 April 2015

Sun pillar at sunset - 13 April 2015

Extensive lightning over a valley in the Pyrenees

Extensive lightning over a valley in the Pyrenees

Circumzenithal arc over Somerset, UK - 13 August 2016

Circumzenithal arc over Somerset, UK - 13 August 2016

Crepuscular rays at sunset

Crepuscular rays at sunset

The rising Full Moon, Belt of Venus and an enormous murmuration over the Somerset Levels, with Glastonbury Tor on the horizon – 17 January 2022

The rising Full Moon, Belt of Venus and an enormous murmuration over the Somerset Levels, with Glastonbury Tor on the horizon – 17 January 2022

Bright moondog (paraselene) with the Moon and stars

Bright moondog (paraselene) with the Moon and stars

Long crepuscular rays at sunset

Long crepuscular rays at sunset

Iridescent cloud

Iridescent cloud

22-degree lunar halo - 22 December 2015

22-degree lunar halo - 22 December 2015

The green flash

The green flash

The Parhelic Circle intersecting with a 22-degree solar halo

The Parhelic Circle intersecting with a 22-degree solar halo

A bright Quadrantid meteor streaks in front of nebulae in Orion leaving a persistant train which is then sculpted by high-altitude winds over the following minutes.

A bright Quadrantid meteor streaks in front of nebulae in Orion leaving a persistant train which is then sculpted by high-altitude winds over the following minutes.

Distant thunderstorm with lightning forks

Distant thunderstorm with lightning forks

The Belt of Venus and the Earth's shadow from the top of the Quantock Hills, Somerset.

The Belt of Venus and the Earth's shadow from the top of the Quantock Hills, Somerset.

Green flash on the upper limb of the setting Sun

Green flash on the upper limb of the setting Sun

Kelvin-Helmholtz instability clouds

Kelvin-Helmholtz instability clouds

Composite image created from captures during the peak of the Perseid meteor shower over East Devon - 11/12 August 2016

Composite image created from captures during the peak of the Perseid meteor shower over East Devon - 11/12 August 2016

Sundog - 13 November 2016

Sundog - 13 November 2016

Mammatus clouds

Mammatus clouds

A rare lunar fogbow captured from Somerset, UK.

A rare lunar fogbow captured from Somerset, UK.

The Green Flash developing as the Sun sets

The Green Flash developing as the Sun sets

A subsun (bottom right) seen from the air

A subsun (bottom right) seen from the air

 Close up of bright sundog with wispy cloud structure - 13 August 2015

Close up of bright sundog with wispy cloud structure - 13 August 2015

Bright colours within a solar corona

Bright colours within a solar corona

Lenticular clouds

Lenticular clouds

Flying home at sunset - 7 April 2015

Flying home at sunset - 7 April 2015

A segment of the 360-degree sunset during the 21 August 2017 total solar eclipse

A segment of the 360-degree sunset during the 21 August 2017 total solar eclipse

Twilight colours over Somerset and north Devon – January 2022

Twilight colours over Somerset and north Devon – January 2022

Composite image of six Geminid meteors - 15 December 2015

Composite image of six Geminid meteors - 15 December 2015

Anticrepuscular rays in the east after sunset

Anticrepuscular rays in the east after sunset

Dramatic (possible lenticulars below centre and at left) clouds ahead of advancing thunderstorm

Dramatic (possible lenticulars below centre and at left) clouds ahead of advancing thunderstorm

Thunder clouds backlit by the setting Sun with crepuscular rays

Thunder clouds backlit by the setting Sun with crepuscular rays

Nearing sunset

Nearing sunset

The 'Etruscan vase' sunset

The 'Etruscan vase' sunset

Iridescent clouds - April 2016

Iridescent clouds - April 2016

A bright Taurid meteor streaks below Aquila along with the Milky Way - 7 November 2015

A bright Taurid meteor streaks below Aquila along with the Milky Way - 7 November 2015

Wide view of sundogs (parhelia) either side of the afternoon Sun - 13 August 2015

Wide view of sundogs (parhelia) either side of the afternoon Sun - 13 August 2015

Timelapse of the Moon's shadow sweeping over the Faroe Islands during the March 2015 total solar eclipse

Timelapse of the Moon's shadow sweeping over the Faroe Islands during the March 2015 total solar eclipse

Lightning over east Devon - 18-19 July 2017

Lightning over east Devon - 18-19 July 2017

Crepuscular rays panorama

Crepuscular rays panorama

Sunset colours, sunspots and a distorted Sun

Sunset colours, sunspots and a distorted Sun

Sunset over the Somerset Levels from Glastonbury Tor

Sunset over the Somerset Levels from Glastonbury Tor

Post-sunset colours over Exmoor National Park

Post-sunset colours over Exmoor National Park

The Belt of Venus sits over the Earth's shadow (blue-grey band) - 26 May 2017

The Belt of Venus sits over the Earth's shadow (blue-grey band) - 26 May 2017

Reddened double rainbow at sunset - 7 August 2017

Reddened double rainbow at sunset - 7 August 2017

Orange Sun due to atmospheric dust and Portuguese forest fire smoke - Somerset, UK - 16 October 2017

Orange Sun due to atmospheric dust and Portuguese forest fire smoke - Somerset, UK - 16 October 2017

Electrical storm over west Somerset - 27 May 2017

Electrical storm over west Somerset - 27 May 2017

Supernumerary bows within a bright rainbow

Supernumerary bows within a bright rainbow

Crepuscular rays over summer clouds

Crepuscular rays over summer clouds

Gravity wave clouds over south-west England

Gravity wave clouds over south-west England

A 22-degree halo and partial circumscribed halo (above centre) - March 2016

A 22-degree halo and partial circumscribed halo (above centre) - March 2016

Sun pillar at sunset, Dartmoor, UK.

Sun pillar at sunset, Dartmoor, UK.

Sunset over the Somerset Levels

Sunset over the Somerset Levels

Sunset over the Indian Ocean showing classic reddening of the low-altitude Sun

Sunset over the Indian Ocean showing classic reddening of the low-altitude Sun

Iridescent cloud

Iridescent cloud

Bright and colourful sundog (parhelion) - 7 October 2015

Bright and colourful sundog (parhelion) - 7 October 2015

A strong display of green airglow over Exmoor National Park, UK – 8 August 2022

A strong display of green airglow over Exmoor National Park, UK – 8 August 2022

Close-up of bright sundog - 13 November 2016

Close-up of bright sundog - 13 November 2016

The Belt of Venus over Earth's shadow

The Belt of Venus over Earth's shadow

Cloudy sunset over Exmoor, with faint crepuscular rays - 10 July 2020

Cloudy sunset over Exmoor, with faint crepuscular rays - 10 July 2020

Crepuscular rays over a large cloud formation

Crepuscular rays over a large cloud formation

Electrical storm with cloud-to-cloud lightning fork - 27 May 2017

Electrical storm with cloud-to-cloud lightning fork - 27 May 2017

Cloud iridescence

Cloud iridescence

Moon pillar

Moon pillar

Red atmospheric airglow with embedded gravity waves at bottom right (animated to show motion) - December 2019

Red atmospheric airglow with embedded gravity waves at bottom right (animated to show motion) - December 2019

Green flash appearing

Green flash appearing

Bright Geminid meteor - 15 December 2015

Bright Geminid meteor - 15 December 2015

Lunar corona - 27 April 2015

Lunar corona - 27 April 2015

Pileus cloud formation

Pileus cloud formation

Mammatus clouds

Mammatus clouds

Lightning over Bristol, UK

Lightning over Bristol, UK

Bright moondog showing spectral colours

Bright moondog showing spectral colours

Gravity waves within a high-altitude cloud layer

Gravity waves within a high-altitude cloud layer

A Perseid meteor streaks across a moonlit sky past the band of the Milky Way - 12 August 2017

A Perseid meteor streaks across a moonlit sky past the band of the Milky Way - 12 August 2017

Bright circumscribed halo - April 2016

Bright circumscribed halo - April 2016

Sunset colours merging into the Belt of Venus and the Earth's shadow

Sunset colours merging into the Belt of Venus and the Earth's shadow

Reflections of the setting Sun over the Mediterranean Sea

Reflections of the setting Sun over the Mediterranean Sea

Bright afternoon sundog showing colours of visible spectrum - 13 August 2015

Bright afternoon sundog showing colours of visible spectrum - 13 August 2015

Upper Tangent arc - 14 July 2016

Upper Tangent arc - 14 July 2016

Bright rainbow with supernumeraries

Bright rainbow with supernumeraries

Crepuscular rays after sunset

Crepuscular rays after sunset

Sunset colours

Sunset colours

22-degree lunar halo

22-degree lunar halo

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Crepuscular rays

Crepuscular rays

The Sun's distorted disc at sunset

The Sun's distorted disc at sunset

Perseid meteor fireball through dewed over lens

Perseid meteor fireball through dewed over lens

Lunar corona - 14 December 2016

Lunar corona - 14 December 2016

High clouds illuminated from below by the setting Sun

High clouds illuminated from below by the setting Sun

Close-up of rainbow colours

Close-up of rainbow colours

Sunrise over the Mediterranean

Sunrise over the Mediterranean

A bright Perseid meteor in Aquarius - ~01:10UT, 12 August 2016

A bright Perseid meteor in Aquarius - ~01:10UT, 12 August 2016

A 22-degree solar halo

A 22-degree solar halo

Animation showing the drifting persistent 'trains' left by two meteors (a bright Perseid followed by another, smaller, sporadic) - 9 August 2016

Animation showing the drifting persistent 'trains' left by two meteors (a bright Perseid followed by another, smaller, sporadic) - 9 August 2016

Crepuscular rays at sunset

Crepuscular rays at sunset

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Distorted Sun at sunset

Distorted Sun at sunset

Afternoon crepusclar rays

Afternoon crepusclar rays

Sunset sundog over misty hills

Sunset sundog over misty hills

The 'Etruscan vase' sunset

The 'Etruscan vase' sunset

Iridescent pileus cloud

Iridescent pileus cloud

Circumzenithal arc

Circumzenithal arc

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Fiery sunset clouds with the Moon - winter 2015

Fiery sunset clouds with the Moon - winter 2015

Distant mammatus clouds

Distant mammatus clouds

View from a plane illustrating changing atmospheric transparency with altitude

View from a plane illustrating changing atmospheric transparency with altitude

Late afternoon crepuscular rays

Late afternoon crepuscular rays

Anticrepuscular rays at sunset over the Belt of Venus & Earth's shadow

Anticrepuscular rays at sunset over the Belt of Venus & Earth's shadow

Deep summer twilight from the southern UK (taken just before midnight local time) - 22 June 2015

Deep summer twilight from the southern UK (taken just before midnight local time) - 22 June 2015

Green flash developing on the setting Sun

Green flash developing on the setting Sun

Faint Sun pillar at sunset

Faint Sun pillar at sunset

Sunspots at sunset

Sunspots at sunset

Crepuscular rays

Crepuscular rays

Close-up view of gravity wave structures within a cloud layer

Close-up view of gravity wave structures within a cloud layer

Sunset clouds

Sunset clouds

Venus with Kelvin-Helmholtz instability clouds - 20 December 2016

Venus with Kelvin-Helmholtz instability clouds - 20 December 2016

Scattered mammatus clouds

Scattered mammatus clouds

Rain showers silhouetted against sunset colours

Rain showers silhouetted against sunset colours

Distant iridescent clouds at sunset

Distant iridescent clouds at sunset

Sunset over water with reddened solar disc

Sunset over water with reddened solar disc

Crepuscular rays from a contrail

Crepuscular rays from a contrail

Highly reddened sun pillar at sunset

Highly reddened sun pillar at sunset

Geminid meteor through the constellation of Leo

Geminid meteor through the constellation of Leo

Sunset cloud structures

Sunset cloud structures

The 'Etruscan vase' sunset

The 'Etruscan vase' sunset

Moon pillar

Moon pillar

Various ice halos including part of the rare supralateral arc - 14 July 2016

Various ice halos including part of the rare supralateral arc - 14 July 2016

Flame-like crepuscular rays at sunset - 2 November 2016

Flame-like crepuscular rays at sunset - 2 November 2016

Crepuscular rays emanating from cloud

Crepuscular rays emanating from cloud

The Moon rising through the Earth's shadow with the Belt of Venus above

The Moon rising through the Earth's shadow with the Belt of Venus above

Five Geminid meteors streak through Ursa Major (composite)

Five Geminid meteors streak through Ursa Major (composite)

Bright sundog

Bright sundog

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Sunset over the Bristol Channel

Sunset over the Bristol Channel

Pileus cloud

Pileus cloud

The Moon, the Earth's shadow and the Belt of Venus

The Moon, the Earth's shadow and the Belt of Venus

Geminid meteor - December 2020

Geminid meteor - December 2020

Sunset colours with long crepuscular ray and red sun pillar

Sunset colours with long crepuscular ray and red sun pillar

Sunset crepuscular rays

Sunset crepuscular rays

Sun pillar at sunset

Sun pillar at sunset

Distant thunderstorm with lightning forks

Distant thunderstorm with lightning forks

Geminid meteor shower composite 2014 with sporadics

Geminid meteor shower composite 2014 with sporadics

Electrical storm with cloud-to-cloud lightning fork - 27 May 2017

Electrical storm with cloud-to-cloud lightning fork - 27 May 2017

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Bright (double) rainbow with supernumerary bows
A bright Perseid meteor streaks over Exmoor National Park - 00:32UT, 9 August 2016
The Full Moon rising through the Belt of Venus with the Earth's blue-grey shadow lying along the horizon - 22 April 2021
A Perseid meteor dropping through the stars of Ophiuchus over the Jurassic Coast, in Dorset — 12/13 August 2021
Bright sundog showing colours of the visible spectrum - 13 August 2015
Montage showing the development of the green flash phenomenon
22-degree Sun halo with improvised occulting disk (polystyrene ball on a stick)
Sunset reflections over the Mediterranean showing atmospheric reddening of the solar disc
Bright and colourful lunar corona
Lightning fork during night-time thunderstorm
A Perseid meteor fireball soars through Cassiopeia
Sun pillar at sunset - 13 April 2015
Extensive lightning over a valley in the Pyrenees
Circumzenithal arc over Somerset, UK - 13 August 2016
Crepuscular rays at sunset
The rising Full Moon, Belt of Venus and an enormous murmuration over the Somerset Levels, with Glastonbury Tor on the horizon – 17 January 2022
Bright moondog (paraselene) with the Moon and stars
Long crepuscular rays at sunset
Iridescent cloud
22-degree lunar halo - 22 December 2015
The green flash
The Parhelic Circle intersecting with a 22-degree solar halo
A bright Quadrantid meteor streaks in front of nebulae in Orion leaving a persistant train which is then sculpted by high-altitude winds over the following minutes.
Distant thunderstorm with lightning forks
The Belt of Venus and the Earth's shadow from the top of the Quantock Hills, Somerset.
Green flash on the upper limb of the setting Sun
Kelvin-Helmholtz instability clouds
Composite image created from captures during the peak of the Perseid meteor shower over East Devon - 11/12 August 2016
Sundog - 13 November 2016
Mammatus clouds
A rare lunar fogbow captured from Somerset, UK.
The Green Flash developing as the Sun sets
A subsun (bottom right) seen from the air
 Close up of bright sundog with wispy cloud structure - 13 August 2015
Bright colours within a solar corona
Lenticular clouds
Flying home at sunset - 7 April 2015
A segment of the 360-degree sunset during the 21 August 2017 total solar eclipse
Twilight colours over Somerset and north Devon – January 2022
Composite image of six Geminid meteors - 15 December 2015
Anticrepuscular rays in the east after sunset
Dramatic (possible lenticulars below centre and at left) clouds ahead of advancing thunderstorm
Thunder clouds backlit by the setting Sun with crepuscular rays
Nearing sunset
The 'Etruscan vase' sunset
Iridescent clouds - April 2016
A bright Taurid meteor streaks below Aquila along with the Milky Way - 7 November 2015
Wide view of sundogs (parhelia) either side of the afternoon Sun - 13 August 2015
Timelapse of the Moon's shadow sweeping over the Faroe Islands during the March 2015 total solar eclipse
Lightning over east Devon - 18-19 July 2017
Crepuscular rays panorama
Sunset colours, sunspots and a distorted Sun
Sunset over the Somerset Levels from Glastonbury Tor
Post-sunset colours over Exmoor National Park
The Belt of Venus sits over the Earth's shadow (blue-grey band) - 26 May 2017
Reddened double rainbow at sunset - 7 August 2017
Orange Sun due to atmospheric dust and Portuguese forest fire smoke - Somerset, UK - 16 October 2017
Electrical storm over west Somerset - 27 May 2017
Supernumerary bows within a bright rainbow
Crepuscular rays over summer clouds
Gravity wave clouds over south-west England
A 22-degree halo and partial circumscribed halo (above centre) - March 2016
Sun pillar at sunset, Dartmoor, UK.
Sunset over the Somerset Levels
Sunset over the Indian Ocean showing classic reddening of the low-altitude Sun
Iridescent cloud
Bright and colourful sundog (parhelion) - 7 October 2015
A strong display of green airglow over Exmoor National Park, UK – 8 August 2022
Close-up of bright sundog - 13 November 2016
The Belt of Venus over Earth's shadow
Cloudy sunset over Exmoor, with faint crepuscular rays - 10 July 2020
Crepuscular rays over a large cloud formation
Electrical storm with cloud-to-cloud lightning fork - 27 May 2017
Cloud iridescence
Moon pillar
Red atmospheric airglow with embedded gravity waves at bottom right (animated to show motion) - December 2019
Green flash appearing
Bright Geminid meteor - 15 December 2015
Lunar corona - 27 April 2015
Pileus cloud formation
Mammatus clouds
Lightning over Bristol, UK
Bright moondog showing spectral colours
Gravity waves within a high-altitude cloud layer
A Perseid meteor streaks across a moonlit sky past the band of the Milky Way - 12 August 2017
Bright circumscribed halo - April 2016
Sunset colours merging into the Belt of Venus and the Earth's shadow
Reflections of the setting Sun over the Mediterranean Sea
Bright afternoon sundog showing colours of visible spectrum - 13 August 2015
Upper Tangent arc - 14 July 2016
Bright rainbow with supernumeraries
Crepuscular rays after sunset
Sunset colours
22-degree lunar halo
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Crepuscular rays
The Sun's distorted disc at sunset
Perseid meteor fireball through dewed over lens
Lunar corona - 14 December 2016
High clouds illuminated from below by the setting Sun
Close-up of rainbow colours
Sunrise over the Mediterranean
A bright Perseid meteor in Aquarius - ~01:10UT, 12 August 2016
A 22-degree solar halo
Animation showing the drifting persistent 'trains' left by two meteors (a bright Perseid followed by another, smaller, sporadic) - 9 August 2016
Crepuscular rays at sunset
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Distorted Sun at sunset
Afternoon crepusclar rays
Sunset sundog over misty hills
The 'Etruscan vase' sunset
Iridescent pileus cloud
Circumzenithal arc
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Fiery sunset clouds with the Moon - winter 2015
Distant mammatus clouds
View from a plane illustrating changing atmospheric transparency with altitude
Late afternoon crepuscular rays
Anticrepuscular rays at sunset over the Belt of Venus & Earth's shadow
Deep summer twilight from the southern UK (taken just before midnight local time) - 22 June 2015
Green flash developing on the setting Sun
Faint Sun pillar at sunset
Sunspots at sunset
Crepuscular rays
Close-up view of gravity wave structures within a cloud layer
Sunset clouds
Venus with Kelvin-Helmholtz instability clouds - 20 December 2016
Scattered mammatus clouds
Rain showers silhouetted against sunset colours
Distant iridescent clouds at sunset
Sunset over water with reddened solar disc
Crepuscular rays from a contrail
Highly reddened sun pillar at sunset
Geminid meteor through the constellation of Leo
Sunset cloud structures
The 'Etruscan vase' sunset
Moon pillar
Various ice halos including part of the rare supralateral arc - 14 July 2016
Flame-like crepuscular rays at sunset - 2 November 2016
Crepuscular rays emanating from cloud
The Moon rising through the Earth's shadow with the Belt of Venus above
Five Geminid meteors streak through Ursa Major (composite)
Bright sundog
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Sunset over the Bristol Channel
Pileus cloud
The Moon, the Earth's shadow and the Belt of Venus
Geminid meteor - December 2020
Sunset colours with long crepuscular ray and red sun pillar
Sunset crepuscular rays
Sun pillar at sunset
Distant thunderstorm with lightning forks
Geminid meteor shower composite 2014 with sporadics
Electrical storm with cloud-to-cloud lightning fork - 27 May 2017
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