Puffy clouds were called cumulus, which is Latin for “heap.” Wispy clouds were called cirrus, which is Latin for “curl of hair,” and finally, rain clouds were called nimbus, meaning “violent rain.” In ...

RAVE I love the clouds in our sky. Colors of blue and purple, high cirrus, marshmallow mounds of cumulus and, dark stratus all at the same time. Fabulous.

Cumulus are more puffy while stratus clouds are layered. As you move up in the atmosphere, the prefix "alto" - which means tall or high - gets tacked on to their names.

Wispy cirrus clouds only occur at high altitudes so anything high in the atmosphere will either be cirrus or have “cirro” attached to the front. Mid-level clouds are easy as we simply add the term ...

Cloud Types Four cloud formations: Cirrus, Cumulus, Stratus, Nimbus. Illustration published in Physical Geology by Mytton Maury (University Publishing Company, New York and New Orleans) in 1894.

From cirrus clouds to stratus clouds, nimbostratus to cumulonimbus clouds we want to see them all - either add your photos to our Flickr pool or send it to us by email and let's see what type of ...

Cloud Time is a great album title, not least of all because it appears to be a truth-in-advertising situation. Emily A. Sprague, the synthesist and songwriter perhaps best known for leading Florist, ...

Cirrus clouds exist at much higher altitudes (usually above 18,000 feet or so) and much colder temperatures. They are typically composed of tiny ice crystals instead of water droplets and often ...

Call it “clouds through the centuries.” Here's a sampling from some selected famous artists whose work would be incomplete without a little cumulus, cirrus and stratus in the picture.

4k Timelapse Cumulus Clouds Above Corn Field In Spring Summer Cloudy Day. Stratus Clouds Over Rural Field. Sky With Clouds On Horizon. Good Weather Conception. Agricultural Background. Time Lapse, ...