cirrus

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Sun halos are optical illusions created when ice crystals form in the correct shape in the upper atmosphere, usually accompanying thin, wispy cirrus clouds.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2024

The remaining, thinner cirrus clouds would allow more long-wave radiation emanating from Earth to escape to space.

From Scientific American • Sep. 20, 2023

Aside from those brief glimpses through the storm, the cirrus clouds resembled a flat blanket beneath the deep blue sky.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2023

The wind-shear phenomenon can occur in wispy cirrus clouds or even clear air near thunderstorms, as differences in temperature and pressure create powerful currents of fast-moving air.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2022

He looked at the sky and saw the white cumulus built like friendly piles of ice cream and high above were the thin feathers of the cirrus against the high September sky.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway