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• At 2006.04.21 07:51, Lisi said:
  

  Hey Chris, this is amazing…wow…it looks like a big whale in midair…really stunning.

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• At 2006.04.21 07:58, Pierre said:
  

  Impressing! A giant pink turtle making an emergency belly landing on a vilage…

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• At 2006.04.21 09:09, alli said:
  

  its great Chris, it has a monkey face and looks like its doing a belly flop with out stretched arms, almost like a free fall parachute. i like it

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• At 2006.04.21 09:27, Pamela said:
  

  That looks like one weather phenomonon that didn’t ought to be in Newcastle. The last time I saw anything remotely like it here, we were hit with a hurricane.

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• At 2006.04.21 09:34, chris.h. said:
  

  Dont say that Pamela!!!!(its ok it never happened) ;-)

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• At 2006.04.21 09:35, michael said:
  

  that’s pretty special

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• At 2006.04.21 10:20, markandrew said:
  

  again, I gotta go with the outer space stuff…looks like a hidden ufo to me :)

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• At 2006.04.21 14:11, Nuno Gonçalves said:
  

  Isn’t a A380 after lunch, on a sunset crossing clouds!? :):)
  It’s very beautiful view(forgetting the a380 story!).

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• At 2006.04.21 15:33, Nicola said:
  

  Wow, I also thought of a storm. Great color!

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• At 2006.04.21 15:44, Cynthia! said:
  

  ohh my thi slook sperfect beautiful stunning…worth crashing for :)

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• At 2006.04.21 15:51, bob said:
  

  Very impressive cloud! An angel, round about Easter time, a fish, angelfish, …?

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• At 2006.04.21 18:56, Mark said:
  

  Is that Michael Owens house underneath that turtle? knowing Newcastle’s luck it’s probably an omen

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• At 2006.04.21 21:55, San Francisco Daily Photo said:
  

  A stratocaster!

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• At 2006.04.22 00:19, heidi said:
  

  Whoa!

  Very cool.

  I think, and I’m taking this from http://www.wildwildweather.com, that:

  “Since the tornado is forming in the updraft, there may be a low cloud slowly rotating in the Rain Free Base of the storm. This low cloud is called a Wall Cloud and is the parent cloud to a tornado.”

  It goes on to say that hail or rain may follow and when you see this kind of cloud-run. Fast.

  Do I win? Do I win? What do I win?

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• At 2006.04.22 00:43, Ham said:
  

  There’s no question about it - its an upside down turtle. It is astonishing how it morphs as you watch it - thanks for posting!

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• At 2006.04.22 04:22, Alex said:
  

  Was it moving in your direction ;) Quite thick also. Seens to have a mouth on the right side. Really strange form! Great shot.

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• At 2006.04.22 08:23, chris.h. said:
  

  Heidi,thanks for the info but Im sorry you dont win anything! Nothing happened–it was a very peacful evening–not even any rain!! So maybe I was just lucky and discovered a new kind of cloud…:-)

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• At 2006.04.22 10:49, Fotoaddict said:
  

  somekind alien bursting out from tummy? …Amazing shot !

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• At 2006.04.22 11:51, Grant F said:
  

  it’s very cool, but it’s perfectly clear what it is…it’s a giant carp. fantastic photo and well-worth almost causing a crash for!

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• At 2006.04.22 18:42, Mandy said:
  

  clouds do strange things and have unique properties to reflect and refract sunshine — I’d assume the sun was hidden somewhere behind it all — super photo

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• At 2006.04.22 21:50, Ggraph said:
  

  Great shot! A very interesting cloud formation - nice work.
  Regards,
  Mark

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• At 2006.04.23 19:26, Anna said:
  

  whaouuhhhh ! great shot

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• At 2006.04.24 21:35, Stefan Jansson said:
  

  Wow! Great cloud. Another reason why we should never leave home without a camera!

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• At 2006.04.25 06:24, zbjernak said:
  

  amazing!
  like a fish
  beautiful colour…
  nature at its best

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