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Whereas crepuscular rays headlined Tuesday’s sunrise, Monday’s sunrise presented more texture and variety as the sun’s rays intercepted a mix of cloud types — stratus, altostratus, stratocumulus and cirrus.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2021

Cueva stepped up to take it himself, and his attempt is still collecting vapor from the altostratus clouds floating thousands of feet above Mordovia Arena.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2018

Although there are infinite shapes a cloud can take, the common classification system includes 10 types: cumulonimbus, cumulus, stratus, stratocumulus, nimbostratus, altostratus, altocumulus, cirrostratus, cirrocumulus and cirrus.

From Time Magazine Archive

A complete layer of altostratus clouds will usually indicate warm days, and high-flying cirrus clouds with little mass can also signal fair weather.

From Time Magazine Archive