Main Cloud Types
- Cumulus
- Stratus
- Stratocumulus
- Altocumulus
- Altostratus
- Cirrus
- Cirrocumulus
- Cirrostratus
- Nimbostratus
- Cumulonimbus
Other Clouds
- Arcus
- Asperitas
- Cap / banner clouds
- Capillatus
- Castellanus
- Cataractagenitus
- Cauda (Tail cloud)
- Cavum (Fallstreak hole)
- Congestus
- Contrail (homogenitus)
- Duplicatus
- Diamond dust
- Distrail
- Fibratus
- Flammagenitus (Pyrocumulus)
- Floccus
- Fluctus (Kelvin-Helmholtz)
- Fractus
- Homogenitus
- Horseshoe vortex
- Humilis
- Incus
- Intortus
- Lacunosus
- Lenticularis
- Mamma
- Morning Glory Cloud
- Murus (Wall cloud)
- Mediocris
- Nacreous
- Nebulosus
- Noctilucent
- Pannus
- Perlucidus
- Pileus
- Praecipitatio
- Radiatus
- Silvagenitus
- Spissatus
- Stratiformis
- 'Supercilium' (not official classification)
- Translucidus
- Tuba / Twister
- Uncinus
- Undulatus
- Velum
- Vertebratus
- Virga
- Volutus (Roll cloud)
Optical Effects
- 22° Halo
- 46° Halo
- Circumhorizon Arc
- Circumscribed halo
- Circumzenithal Arc
- Cloudbow / Fogbow
- Corona
- Crepuscular rays & shadows
- Diffuse arcs
- Green flash
- Glory
- Halos
- Helic arc
- Infralateral arc
- Iridescence
- Lower Sun Pillar
- Lower Tangent Arc
- Moonbow
- Moondogs
- Parhelic circle
- Parry antisolar arcs
- Parry arc
- Parry infralateral arc
- Parry supralateral arc
- Rainbow
- Sub parhelion
- Sub-sun
- Suncave parry arc
- Sun dog (Parhelion)
- Sun pillar
- Supernumerary bows
- Subparhelic circle
- Supralateral arc
- Upper tangent arc
- Wegener arc
Pyrocumulus (Flammagenitus) as a result of a recent lava flow in 2024 in the Reykjanes Peninsula, near Reykjavik, Iceland
Pyrocumulus (Flammagenitus) captured by a friend who is a wild land firefighter near Garden Valley, Idaho, US
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Pyrocumulus as a result of wildfires in El Dorado County, California, US
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Pyrocumulus (Flammagenitus) as a result of a wildfire near Helena, Montana, US
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Pyrocumulus (Flammagenitus) forms over the most active stratovolcano in the world. Steven described this occurrence as "Mt. Etna speaks", above Mt. Etna (Aitne), Sicily, Italy.
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Pyrocumulus over Bundanoon, NSW, Australia.
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Pyrocumulus above where some cane fields had been burnt off, in the Valdora area, of the Sunshine Coast, South Eastern Queensland, Australia.
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A Pyrocumulus (flammagenitus) that formed over a wildfire In Central Washington State, US.
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A Pyrocumulus cloud that formed from a controlled burn, in front of a section of the East Kootenay Mountain Range in Southeastern British Columbia, Canada.
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A sun-lit pyrocumulus formation over El Dorado County, US.
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A pyrocumulus cloud over Queensland, Australia. With Mount Cooroy ( local aboriginal for 'home of possums') on the right and Mount Ninderry to the left.
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Pyrocumulus clouds over the Carson and Santa Fe National Forests, viewed from Dixon, New Mexico, US.
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The sunset illuminates the pyrocumulus formation over British Columbia, Canada.
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Pyrocumulus above a hillside fire in the Criffel Range, near Wanaka, New Zealand.
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A pyrocumulus Poodle over Klamath Falls, Oregon, US.
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A pyrocumulus formation above a stubble burn off, south of Christchurch, New Zealand.
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