Tomato Soup Cloud

An amazing sunset over Co. Durham. This one was taken from Newton Aycliffe, but could be seen widely. It looked as if someone had poured Tomato Soup into the clouds.

The sun is below the horizon, but the clouds are high enough that the sun shines on the bottom of them, illuminating them from below.

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