Fair-weather Cumulus spotted over Gross Valley in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia.
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The variety of the high cloud Cirrocumulus known as lacunosus, which is characterised by a lattice of holes.
A UFO-shaped Altocumulus lenticularis formation, and eyebrow-like features, with the unofficial name supercilium, forming in the turbulent air in front, spotted over Palm Springs, California, US.
Altocumulus undulatus over East River, New York City, US.
A 22-degree halo formed by Cirrostratus cloud and some cloud iridescence formed by Cumulus fractus, spotted over Zoetermeer, South Holland, Netherlands.
Altocumulus lenticularis spotted over Franklin County, Alabama, US, as well as some of the cloud holes called lacunosus and some of the eyebrow-like features that becoming unofficially known as ‘supercilium’.
Cumulus clouds forming a burst of crepuscular rays over Esfahan, Iran.
Altocumulus at sunset over Aix-en-Provence, France.
Altocumulus clouds or a phoenix flying into the sunset, depending on how you look at it, spotted over Santa Barbara, California, US.
A land of Stratocumulus, Cumulus congestus and distant Cumulonimbus spotted at 37,000 feet over Soledad, California, US.
Parallel ridges of Altocumulus cloudlets, known as undulatus, going this way and that at two different levels, known as duplicatus.
Cumulus, Stratocumulus and Altocumulus vie for attention over the Adirondack Mountains, New York, US.
Altocumulus at sunset over Buckeye, Arizona, US.
Crepuscular rays burst out from Stratocumulus clouds over the Adirondack Mountains, in New York, US.
A Cumulus elephant spotted over Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
The flying-saucer cloud, Altocumulus lenticularis, spotted over Stellenbosch in the Western Cape, South Africa by Stuart Loveday, who assured us ‘no aliens were spotted by me that day’.
A smooth cloud cap, known as a pileus, forming over the top of a large Cumulus cloud that looks to be building into a storm.
Altocumulus cloudlets lined up into rows, known as undulatus, spotted over East Tisted, Hampshire, England.
A laughing Cumulus spotted over Goodyear, Arizona.
Altocumulus with the pattern of holes, know as lacunosus, over Fox Glacier, South Island, New Zealand.
Altocumulus clouds over Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England producing a lunar corona.
An unusual formation that we think is probably an arcus cloud feature, with virga falling behind it, from a Cumulus congestus, spotted over Antarctica.
A dying Cumulus, also known as Cumulus fractus, at the end of the day over East Beach, Santa Barbara, California, US.
Orographic Stratus and Stratocumulus form over Mount Teide, Tenerife, Spain, as well as a broad cap cloud.
The pastel colours of cloud iridescence formed by sunlight shining through the lenticularis form of Cirrocumulus clouds over Geneva, Illinois, US.
Altocumulus cloudlets spotted over the Swan River, Perth, Western Australia.
Crepuscular rays burst through Stratocumulus clouds over West Maui Mountains, Maui, Hawaii, US.
Dissipating Cumulus clouds at sunset, spotted over Karbala, Iraq.
Altocumulus lined up in rows, a pattern known as the variety undulatus, spotted over Kauai, Hawaii, US.
Cumulus congestus clouds building into a storm over Legnano, northern Italy.
Altocumulus over Terra Mar, United States
Cirrocumulus spotted over Antelope Valley, California, US.
Altocumulus spotted over Sanxia District, Taiwan.
Fluctus is a cloud formed by a particular wind pattern known as wind shear. With its breaking-wave curls, it is the most iconic of all the wave clouds, and it features as Cloud of the Month for April…
Altocumulus clouds producing a corona optical effect spotted over Esfahan, Iran.
A contrail crosses a sky of Cirrocumulus and Cirrus fibratus spotted by Cristina while training for an Ironman in the Adirondack Mountains, New York, US.
Altocumulus clouds with a hole that looks to be a cavum, or fallstreak hole.
Altocumulus lenticularis forms appearing downwind of the Sierra Nevada spotted from Ridgecrest, California, US.
Stratocumulus spotted over Beaverton, Oregon, US.
Cumulus over Laureles, Uruguay
