We searched through our picture archive for our favourite shots of strange and beautiful cloud formations captured by our team of photographers around the world.
View of Christ the Redeemer statue amidst cumulus clouds at sunset, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (LOOK/Robert Harding)
Cloud formation above the Fitz Roy Inn, El Chalten, Argentina (Michael Hutchinson/Robert Harding)
Tropical storm clouds in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil (Still Pictures/Robert Harding)
Storm clouds over the ocean off the Turks and Caicos Islands, West Indies (eye ubiquitous/Robert Harding)
Pyramid-shaped cumulus cloud in a blue sky (imageBROKER/Robert Harding)
Clouds from a severe thunderstorm in West texas, USA (Still Pictures/Robert Harding)
Severe hailstorm approaching green field of wheat, Western Oklahoma, USA (Still Pictures/Robert Harding)
Interesting cloud formations over White Island, New Zealand, Pacific (Michael Nolan/Robert Harding)
Cloud at dusk over the red and yellow sandstone, Valley Of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA (James Hager/Robert Harding)
Lenticular clouds over Moose Pond, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA (Eleanor Scriven/Robert Harding)
Clouds, Patagonia, Argentina, South America (Mark Chivers 2012/Robert Harding)
Cloud on top of Monte Cervino (The Matterhorn), Cervinia, Valle d’Aosta, Italian Alps (Christian Kober/Robert Harding)
Cumulonimbus cloud from tornado producing storm, Central Oklahoma, USA (Still Pictures/Robert Harding)
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A great post with a lovely theme. Awesome shots.