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Fire Cloud with a Pileus on Top

Scientists captured rare observations of an ephemeral pileus cloud hovering over a smoke-infused cloud that rose above a wildfire in Montana.

Fire Cloud with a Pileus on Top

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Your Terraform plan told you the security group changed. It has been telling you for eleven days. Nobody has reverted it, and nobody can tell you if reverting it is safe.

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