To understand how clouds get their shape, it helps to understand the basics of how they form. When air rises and cools, the water vapor it holds condenses into tiny water droplets or ice crystals. If ...

Read on for more information on the 10 basic cloud types and photos to help identify them. Cumulus Clouds. ... Stratus clouds are low-lying and appear as though stretched in a thin, ...

TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 14: Shafts of sunlight beam down from behind clouds on August 14, 2019 in ... More Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) One misconception is that there are only ...

From cirrus clouds to stratus clouds, nimbostratus to cumulonimbus clouds we want to see them all - either add your photos to our Flickr pool or send it to us by email and let's see what type of ...

Stratus clouds typically form in the lower atmosphere, while cirrus clouds develop at higher altitudes. Posted 8:47 p.m. Apr 24 ...

NASA's Earth Observatory, which released the photo Jan. 15, called the cloud column in the astronaut photo a "cumulus castellanus," to describe the castle-esque look of the fluffy, cotton ball ...