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TIL about the Morning Glory cloud, a rare meteorological phenomenon. It is a cloud that can be up to 1000 km (620 mi) long and 1-2 km (0.62-1.24 mi) high. The Gulf of Carpentaria in Australia is the only known location where it can be predicted and observed regularly

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