Cirrostratus cloud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cirrostratus clouds are thin, generally uniform clouds, composed of ice-crystals, capable of forming halos. They are usually located above 5.5 km . When thick enough to be seen, they are whitish, usu...
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; This is a photograph of cirrostratus clouds near Moab, Utah. Click on image for full size version (66K JPG); Courtesy of Anne Pharamond ... Cirrostratus clouds belong to the High Cloud (5000-13000m) group. They are sheetlike thin clouds that usually cover the entire sky.
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When the sun is low on the horizon, cirrostratus clouds can appear in a magnificent array of colors as longer wavelengths of sunlight (red, yellow, and orange) are reflected off of the clouds.
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Cirrostratus clouds are very thin. The name cirrostratus means "curl" and "spread out" in Latin. Cirrostratus clouds are high altitude clouds. Cirrostratus clouds from when cool, dry air meets warm, moist air. These clouds are often indicators of rain.
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Cirrostratus - Photographs of cirrostratus clouds picture image photo [cs] ... This page includes photographs from 31 May 2006 to 9 August 2009 ... Cirrostratus - Photographs of cirrostratus clouds [cs]
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Cirrostratus: These sheet-like, thin clouds form above 18000 feet/5,5 km above sealevel. Cirrostratus clouds are so thin that the sun and moon can be seen clearly through the cloud. Sometimes these clouds are so thin that the only clue to their presence is a halo around the sun or moon.
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Cirrostratus may cover the sky as a continuous sheet with no features, but it often has a fibrous look. The cloud is so thin it is almost transparent. You can see the sun or moon through it much more clearly than you can through altostratus, and this is the simplest way to tell one cloud from the other.
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Clouds 1.jpg; 605,715 bytes; ... Clouds CH 5.svg; 1,729 bytes; ... Pages in category "Cirrostratus clouds"
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Cirrostratus is a transparent, whitish veil of cloud that usually covers much of the sky. Sometimes cirrostratus clouds are so transparent that you can barely see them. They often create a halo around the sun or moon.
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