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2024-06-21 18:09:55 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: E848DB71A10D211C7BC9CC031153C01CD56F146C772D005AAC3C220FBCA8ECBC
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This video shows a Mackerel Sky, a term for clouds made up of of cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds displaying an undulating, rippling pattern similar in appearance to fish scales. They occur naturally and are not made by planes. The term has been used since at 1667 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackerel_sky https://www.oed.com/dictionary/mackerel-sky_n?tl=true#:~:text=Where%20does%20the%20noun%20mackerel%20sky%20come%20from%3F&text=The%20earliest%20known%20use%20of,formed%20within%20English%2C%20by%20compounding. https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/mwre/48/3/1520-0493_1920_48_156a_msaapo_2_0_co_2.xml https://duckduckgo.com/?t=h_&q=mackerel+sky&iax=images&ia=images
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