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British Isles shaped cloud

May 26, 2009 | News & Reviews | Gary Hartley | No Comments »

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In this striking picture, a formation can clearly be seen in the shape of what looks like Britain and Ireland drifting over the English countryside. This picture was taken by Jessica Wild and featured on www.dailymail.co.uk.

British Isles shaped cloud

jessica-wildThe striking image was captured by a 16-year-old schoolgirl on a sunny afternoon as she tested out a new camera.

Jessica Wild was walking home with her school friends last Thursday when she was spotted the likeness in the skies above Droitwich around 5pm.

Hovering for little more than a minute before the union of the British isles broke up, she only had time to take a couple of shots.

She said: ‘I had to do a double take when I saw it, I thought that looks amazing.

‘It was just like a little map of Britain in the sky, with England, Scotland, Wales and even a bit at the side which looked like Ireland.

‘I couldn’t believe it and my friends really love the picture, I guess you could say I was on cloud nine when I got it.

‘My mum and dad had just bought me a new camera and I thought this was a great way to try it out because it’s quite hard to take pictures of the sky because of all the light.’

The budding photographer from Worcester, who is currently studying for her GCSEs at Droitwich Spa High School, Droitwich, always keeps her camera close by after being given the £500 present by her parents Julia, 49, and Paul, 51.

Her first shots have already impressed her family.

Her mother Julia, 49, said: ‘When I saw the photo I couldn’t believe it, I think it looks uncanny, it’s that good.

‘We are really proud of Jessica and her photography and we really think she has a great talent for it.’

Her father Paul, 51, who runs an engineering firm in Worcester, added: ‘With all the bad news about the recession at the moment in Britain perhaps this a sign something up high is still thinking about us all.’

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