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Towering, dense clouds with a flat, anvil-shaped top. Develops from cumulus clouds and can reach great heights, often associated with thunderstorms.
Cumulus clouds are clouds that have flat bases and are often described as puffy, cotton-like, or fluffy in appearance. Their name derives from the Latin cumulus, meaning "heap" or "pile". [1] Cumulus clouds are low-level clouds, generally less than 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in altitude unless they are the more vertical cumulus congestus form. Cumulus ...
Cumulus fractus (WMO genus and species) – ragged detached portions of cumulus cloud. Cumulus humilis (WMO genus and species) – small, low, flattened cumulus, early development. Cumulus mediocris (WMO genus and species) – medium-sized cumulus with bulges at the top. Cumulus pileus (WMO genus and accessory cloud) – capped, hood-shaped ...
Towering cumulonimbus clouds are typically accompanied by smaller cumulus clouds. The cumulonimbus base may extend several kilometres (miles) across, or be as small as several tens of metres (yards) across, and occupy low to upper altitudes within the troposphere - formed at altitude from approximately 200 to 4,000 m (700 to 10,000 ft).
Unusual cloud formations and vivid colours grace the skies across north-west England. ... In Pictures: Unusual clouds and red skies. November 29, 2024 at 7:07 AM. Whitefield, Greater Manchester ...
Satellite images show clouds during the October 3, 2005, solar eclipse over Africa (in the west, left) and the Indian Ocean (in the east, right). ... Shallow cumulus clouds are among the better ...
In the early to middle 20th century, American photographer Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946) created a series of photographs of clouds, called "equivalents" (1925–1931). According to an essay on the series at the Phillips Collection website, "A symbolist aesthetic underlies these images, which became increasingly abstract equivalents of his own ...
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