Not all clouds block sunset light though. The wispy and feathery cirrus clouds are high enough that they reflect the last red orange rays of a setting sun back to the ground. Finally, weather can ...

which began more than an hour after sunset. It was certainly due to cirrus or a higher kind of cloud, because (1) parts of the illuminated sky stretched in long streaks southwards, and the glow ...

Volcanic ash from eruptions can reshape cirrus clouds, forming giant ice crystals and altering how Earth traps heat in the ...

the sunset could be muted, especially at the coast. Mid- and high-level clouds come in a variety of forms, including altocumulus and cirrus, also known as mares’ tails. Unobstructed views of ...

What can a moon halo mean? You can sometimes see these halos during the summer time too, as cirrus clouds blow off of dying thunderstorms shortly after sunset. If you look at the chance of ...

Melanie Bonnell caught these high-level cirrus clouds in Sydney, N.S., at sunset. While not quite the same, a unique type of ...

FARGO — Cirrus clouds are the clouds with feathery tails. They are very high clouds, usually 20,000 to 30,000 feet above the ground, where the temperature is well below freezing. Even in summer ...

Centuries later in 1803, amateur meteorologist Luke Howard authored an essay that named the types of clouds: cirrus, cumulus and stratus. The word cirrus comes from the Latin word “cirro ...