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22 Jun 2026

KRAKOW, POLAND - JUNE 22: An aerial view looking down from an airplane window captures an expansive, textured field of developing cumulus clouds casting soft sunbeams and shadows onto a lower, hazy atmospheric layer over Southern Poland near Krakow, June 22, 2026. The widely scattered convective formations signal an increasingly unstable airmass building across the Lesser Poland region, where the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW) has forecasted severe afternoon thunderstorms, torrential rain, and hail to strike concurrently with an active regional orange heatwave warning.

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#13869762

22 Jun 2026

KRAKOW, POLAND - JUNE 22: An aerial view shows a deep rift in a multi-tiered cloud deck, separating bright sunlit layers from dark, developing convective storm clouds over Southern Poland near Krakow, June 22, 2026. The second-stage convective systems are building rapidly across the Lesser Poland region, with the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW) forecasting severe afternoon thunderstorms, torrential downpours, and localized hail just as a regional orange heatwave warning takes effect.

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#13869747

22 Jun 2026

KRAKOW, POLAND - JUNE 22: An aerial view looking down from an airplane window shows crepuscular rays and long cloud shadows casting downward through an unstable atmosphere, with an airplane wing visible in the upper left corner over Southern Poland near Krakow, June 22, 2026. The convective cloud elements and dramatic solar filtering highlight highly turbulent regional weather conditions, with the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW) forecasting severe afternoon thunderstorms and hail alongside an active regional orange heatwave warning.

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#13869751

22 Jun 2026

KRAKOW, POLAND - JUNE 22: An aerial view looking down from an airplane window captures scattered, developing cumulus cloud elements casting pronounced crepuscular rays and dramatic sunbeams onto a dark ground surface below over Southern Poland near Krakow, June 22, 2026. The growing convective formations and shifting light indicate an increasingly volatile atmosphere, aligning with warnings from the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW) for incoming severe afternoon thunderstorms and hail just as a regional orange heatwave alert goes into effect.

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#13869758

22 Jun 2026

KRAKOW, POLAND - JUNE 22: An aerial view reveals a sprawling, multi-tiered cloudscape dominated by a dark, projecting convective storm system on the right and a vast field of sunlit cumulus clouds over Southern Poland near Krakow, June 22, 2026. The towering atmospheric structures signal unstable weather fronts moving through the region, with the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW) forecasting severe afternoon thunderstorms, torrential downpours, and localized hail ahead of an impending regional orange heatwave warning.

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#13869738

22 Jun 2026

KRAKOW, POLAND - JUNE 22: A massive, fully formed cumulonimbus storm cloud with a distinct flat anvil top rises dramatically above a vast bed of lower stratus clouds against a clear blue sky, as seen through an airplane window over the southern region of Lesser Poland near Krakow on June 22, 2026. The towering convective formation visually mirrors severe weather warnings issued across southern Poland, marking the onset of localized torrential downpours and lightning before a major summer heatwave hits Central Europe.

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#13869735

22 Jun 2026

KRAKOW, POLAND - JUNE 22: Part of an airplane wing cuts through the frame alongside a dramatic, multilayered cloudscape featuring dense convective storm clouds building up over a thick white layer of lower cumulus clouds, captured from a passenger flight over Southern Poland near Krakow on June 22, 2026. This volatile atmospheric structure visualizes the incoming severe weather fronts forecasted to bring afternoon downpours, strong winds, and hail across the Lesser Poland region right as a major summer heatwave alert goes into effect.

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#13869736

22 Jun 2026

KRAKOW, POLAND - JUNE 22: An aerial view captures a massive cumulonimbus cloud with a prominent, sharp anvil head pushing horizontally over a dense bed of lower stratocumulus clouds over Southern Poland near Krakow, June 22, 2026. The towering convective formation illustrates a powerful unstable airmass building across the Lesser Poland region, where the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW) forecasts severe afternoon thunderstorms and hail just as a regional orange heatwave warning takes effect.

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#13869737

22 Jun 2026

KRAKOW, POLAND - JUNE 22: An aerial view looking straight down from an airplane window reveals a highly fractured deck of developing cumulus clouds casting distinct vertical rain shafts and shadows onto a lower cloud layer over Southern Poland near Krakow, June 22, 2026. The growing convective formations visually showcase rapid moisture buildup in an unstable atmosphere, matching severe regional forecasts from the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW) for afternoon thunderstorms, heavy downpours, and hail ahead of an active orange heatwave warning.

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#13857657

20 Jun 2026

Lukasz Smolka, Marshal of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, is seen during Jaroslaw Kaczynski's monthly visit to his brother's grave at Wawel Hill on his birthday in Krakow, Poland, on June 18, 2026. Every 18th day of the month, Jaroslaw Kaczynski and leading members of the Law and Justice (PiS) party gather on Wawel Hill to commemorate President Lech Kaczynski. They lay wreaths at his grave, followed by a holy mass in the Wawel Cathedral for the deceased presidential couple. This month, the event coincides with Jaroslaw Kaczynski's 77th birthday.

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#13819621

12 Jun 2026

A tourist photograph a wall with paintings in landmark Barbican in central Krakow, Poland on June 12, 2026.

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#13819622

12 Jun 2026

Children dressed in traditional folk clothes walk in landmark Main Square amid centuries old architecture in central Krakow, Poland on June 12, 2026.

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#13819623

12 Jun 2026

Tourists ride a mini bus and walk in landmark Main Square amid centuries old architecture in central Krakow, Poland on June 12, 2026.

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#13819624

12 Jun 2026

Tourists walk in landmark Main Square amid centuries old architecture in central Krakow, Poland on June 12, 2026.

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#13819625

12 Jun 2026

Tourists pass by a traditional carriage in landmark Main Square amid centuries old architecture in central Krakow, Poland on June 12, 2026.

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#13797291

7 Jun 2026

Lukasz Smolka, Marshal of the Malopolska Voivodeship, attends the Beatification of Fr. Jan Swierc and Companions, Salesian Martyrs, at the Sanctuary of Saint John Paul II the Great in Krakow, Poland, on June 6, 2026.

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