Cloud genera are divided into species to account for their particular shape and internal structure. Certain species only ...

Tuesday evening, if you happened to be looking up, you may have seen some rainbow-esqe clouds high in the sky.

Stratus The Stratus clouds are gloomy. It is when the sky is covered by a continuous sheet of thin cloud. Though the clouds are dim, a rain is doubtful, at most, light drizzle could be expected.

The photos at Cloud Album range from natural scenes (like Carl Albiker's Cloud Study, Germany, from 1930) to the unnatural (a U.S. Defence Department photo of an atom-bomb test in 1946).

However, a spokesman for the Met Office said the type of cloud 'isn't too important' but it is the height of the clouds that really matters. He said: 'Cirrus is a high level cloud - normally with ...

Different types of clouds have different effects on a person’s viewing experience. When the moon completely covers the sun April 8, it will be the first total eclipse in North Texas since 1878.

This process creates very thin, wispy clouds that require a dark night sky to be visible. These clouds only appear between latitudes of approximately 50° and 70°, which includes most of Canada.