A woman was left amazed after spotting a giant heart-shaped cloud floating above her home.
Emma Smyth, 36, from Chatham, Kent, couldn’t believe her eyes when she spotted the romantic shape floating above her garden.
The art technician was enjoying a sunny early evening with her son (4th Sept) when the romantic puff drifted into view.
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“It was a nice evening and I was in my garden with my son. I looked up and to my amazement there it was!” Emma told What’s The Jam.

“I reached for my phone and took the pictures – within 30 seconds it was gone!”
Quick-thinking Emma managed to capture the heavenly heart before it vanished, and says the moment has given her fresh creative inspiration.
“I am always looking for inspiration for my work,” she explained.
“With this I think I hit the motherload!”
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Experts say clouds often form striking shapes due to shifting air currents.


There’s even a term for the human tendency to see familiar patterns in them – pareidolia.
Heart-shaped clouds are rare, though countless “cloud spotters” around the world hunt for them as signs of love, luck or just pure coincidence.
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For Emma though, it was nothing short of a gift from above – proof that sometimes, love really is in the air.
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