Back home, they had to deal with an utterly flat landscape laced by rivers and canals much of it below sea level, reclaimed by dikes forever loomed over by dark gray clouds, damp mists, and rain or snow.

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It may have taken five days to get to Number 10 Downing Street, the official residence and office of the Prime Minister, but the silver Jaguar that whisked him there was a genuine silver lining against the early morning gray clouds.

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An hour after landing Bozeman, the clouds turned gray-blue and the wind kicked up to 30 mph.

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The sky would go gray, with dark clouds building on the horizon.

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July 2009: The sky is gray and heavy with clouds.

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The day was gray and moist, with low clouds weighing on the rooftops and a thin fog floating below.

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All around us were the unfriendliest clouds I'd ever seen, mottled gray and black, fuming.

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