“Cirrus clouds — high, wispy clouds visible in the distant atmosphere on relatively clear days — absorb and trap more radiation, warming the Earth,” while “stratus or stratocumulus ...

They tend to appear on these five cloud types: cirrus, altocumulus, cumulus, stratus, and stratocumulus. But it's equally rare to find fluctus clouds in each one, according to the International ...

When clouds form thick layers, we add the word “stratus,” or “layer,” to the name. Stratus can occur just above the ground, or a bit higher up – we call it altostratus then. It can occur ...

With the air as his canvas, a Dutch artist applies water vapor, smoke, lighting—and conjures clouds in surprising settings. Berndnaut Smilde creates clouds to photograph in odd places—here ...