Cirrocumulus cloud
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Cirrocumulus is one of the three main genus types of high-altitude tropospheric clouds, the other two being cirrus and cirrostratus. They usually occur at an altitude of 5 to 12 km, however they can o
Cirrocumulus floccus
Cirrocumulus clouds on a summer afternoon
Cirrocumulus undulatus clouds
Altocumulus cloud
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Altocumulus is a middle-altitude cloud genus that belongs mainly to the stratocumuliform physical category, characterized by globular masses or rolls in layers or patches – the individual elements bei
Cirrocumulus cloud
…as "herringbone" or as a "mackerel sky". Cirrocumulus is coded CH9 for the main genus-type and all subforms. Cirrocumulus is distinguished from altocumulus in several ways, although the two stratocumuliform genus types can occasionally occur together with no clear demarcation between them. Cirrocumulus…
Altocumulus cloud formation
Some altocumulus floccus clouds take on a golden tinge due to Rayleigh scattering in Norah Head, New South Wales.
Altocumulus perlucidus
Altocumulus lenticularis