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Most people will have never seen clouds quite as amazing as these.

From dragons, dogs and dinosaurs to crashing ocean waves the incredible pictures will leave you absolutely stunned.

(Image: Kees Terberg)

The snaps, which have been posted by the public on to website boredpanda, have gone viral, having attracted more than 54k views since they were posted under a fortnight ago.

Topping the list of the incredible pictures is a photo of clouds which look just like a view of the back of a bird taking off for flight with its wings spread open.

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Coming in second is an other worldly snap of storm clouds that appear like waves in a rough sea floating about the roof tops of a suburban street.

Other pictures on the site include ones of clouds that look like a dragon breathing out fire, a nuclear explosion and an intricate looking feather.

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The tendency to see familiar images such as faces and animals in random objects is known as pareidolia.

Renowned astrophysicist Carl Sagan believes that we have been hard wired to do this as a quick way to identify faces at a split second,allowing us to identify them and judge their emotional state in the blink of an eye.