Filter By:
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
A vivid corona is spotted when the sun shines through a thin cloud and a bluish-white disc of light with a ruddy outer edge is on display, often surrounded by rings of iridescent colours. This classic example was seen by Cassie Eismann near Fort Scott, Kansas, US.
Sun Dog (Parhelion), as captured by Sarah Baxley, spotted over Roanoke, Virginia, US
Leave a Reply Cancel reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Mamma (Mammatus) on an afternoon wherein Sarah describes the sky as churning over the state capital of Jefferson City, Missouri, US
Leave a Reply Cancel reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
A powerful storm system over northern Oklahoma, US
Leave a Reply Cancel reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
A summer sky that hosted contrails all day according to Sarah. And then one of them was transformed into a winding road of Cirrocumulus clouds as a result of the wind within the higher levels of the atmosphere, as spotted over Brentwood, Missouri, US.
Leave a Reply Cancel reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Two storm systems, one near and one far, over Perry County, Oklahoma, US
Leave a Reply Cancel reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Lacunosus, a short-lived cloud formation, shown here in different stages of evolution within high Altocumulus clouds over Brentwood, Missouri, US
Leave a Reply Cancel reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
22-degree halo over St. Louis, Missouri, US
Leave a Reply Cancel reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Crepuscular rays and shadows, as captured by Cassie Eismann, over Fort Scott, Kansas, US
Leave a Reply Cancel reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
A rare sighting of the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) for this location, dipping as far south as St. Louis, Missouri, US.
Leave a Reply Cancel reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
A storm system over Brentwood, Missouri, US.
Leave a Reply Cancel reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
A storm system over Brentwood, Missouri, US.
Leave a Reply Cancel reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Lacunosus over Brentwood, Missouri, US.
Leave a Reply Cancel reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
A trio of Cumulus congestus with pileus caps over Maplewood, Missouri, US
Leave a Reply Cancel reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Dawn in Brentwood, Missouri, US.
Leave a Reply Cancel reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
An Iridescent fringed Cumulus over St. Louis, Missouri, US.
Leave a Reply Cancel reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
