Early Tuesday morning, a delicate, wispy cloud type rarely seen formed over western Montana, lighting up the pre-dawn sky.

In general, those wispy clouds way up in the sky are cirrus clouds. In Latin it means a lock of hair, a bird’s tuft or a tuft of horsehair. They tend to be pretty curly, and they are always icy.

The exhaust from airplanes contains small particles called aerosols. These particles act as a “landing zone” for the molecules in water vapor. Under the right conditions, the water molecules come ...

The article Wispy Clouds Pass Over Crown Harbor: Photo Of The Day appeared first on Alameda Patch. The glassy surface of Crown Harbor reflects the clouds overhead in Alameda, ...

Mars isn’t exactly known for being a cloudy place. It’s dry, dusty, and barren, but the planet does indeed have a bit of cloud cover. … ...

Noctilucent clouds are thin, wispy clouds hovering at the edge of space. getty They’re Caused By ‘Shooting Stars’ Noctilucent clouds are seeded by microscopic debris from disintegrating ...

Parts of Alberta witnessed a spectacle early Friday morning as rare noctilucent clouds, also known as night-shining clouds, ...

Cirrus clouds (the wispy ones) The word cirrus comes from the Latin word “cirro,” which means curl of hair or fringe. Cirrus clouds are found high in the atmosphere where most jet planes fly ...