Smoke from the Garnet Fire filled the skies over California’s Sierra National Forest as the lightning-sparked blaze grew to more than 57,000 acres with just 15% containment. | AccuWeather

Today is Cloud Appreciation Day, and we can't get enough of these stunning, rare nacreous clouds. These iridescent formations, sometimes also called "stratospheric clouds" or "mother-of-pearl" clouds, are rarely seen and often appear in polar regions during cold conditions. | AccuWeather