Why Cloud Computing Is Ugly, But Clouds Are Sublime

Hey, that cloud looks like a baobab tree! And that one over there looks like a giant slice of apple pie! And that one is an altostratus merging with cirrocumulus, providing a backdrop to the low-lying comulonimbus clouds! Okay, maybe you wont say that last one, but this list will tell you what it means.

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The type, description and height of the clouds in the sky.

 

CIRRUS

: 200,000 – 40,000 ft.
High, wispy cloud made of particles of ice : 33,380 – 66,760 m

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Cirrus Cloud

 

CIRROSTRATUS

: 20,000 – 40,000 ft.
Milky, thin, high clouds 33,380 – 66,760 m

Cirrostratus Cloud

 

CIRROCUMULUS

: 20,000 – 40,000 ft.
Thin, high lines of clouds with rippled edges 33,380 – 66,760 m

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Cirrocumulus CLoud Photo Credit : Turtlerangler/flicker

 

ALTOSTRATUS

: 6,000 – 20,000 ft.
Grayish sheets of clouds 10,014 – 33,380 m

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Altostratus Cloud in Hong Kong (Photo Credit : Wikiwand)

 

ALTOCUMULUS

: 6,000 – 20,000 ft.
Fleecy bands of clouds in blue sky 10,014 – 33,380 m

The sunrise patch of Altocumulus and ending with a sunset shot. (Photo Credit : cloud-maven)

 

STRATOCUMULUS

: 6,000 ft or lower
Low, dark, heavy clouds 10,014 m or lower

Stratocumus Cloud was filling in with Cumulus and slightly higher Stratocumulus clouds (Photo Credit : cloud-maven)

 

STRATUS

: 6,000 ft or lower
Low, dark, heavy clouds 10,014 m or lower

Stratus Cloud fractus is that low bar of clouds in the foreground just behind the tree. (Photo Credit : cloud-maven)

 

CUMULUS

: 6,000 ft or lower
White, heaped-up clouds seen in fair weather 10,014m or lower

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Cumulus Clouds (Photo Credit : coclouds)

 

CUMULONIMBUS

: Below 6,000 ft.
Towering clouds; may give heavy showers Below 10,014 m

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Cumulonimbus Clouds (Photo Credit : Wikipedia)
“You can tell how far away a thunderstorm is by timing the difference between seeing lightning flash and hearing a thunderclap. The less the time, the closer the storm.”

 



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