Cirrocumulus is sometimes referred to as a mackerel sky because of the shapes it takes on. |
He added three combined terms: cirrocumulus, cirrostratus and cumulostratus. |
They are similar to the higher cirrocumulus, but are larger and have dark, shadowy sides. |
The cirrocumulus formation is basically the same cloud as the stratocumulus and altocumulus but at higher altitude. |
Cirrocumulus is high cloud that looks like grains of salt. |
The breeze was soft, but bracingly cool, and the deep blue of the sky was checkered with a high cirrocumulus web, glinting golden and magenta in the glancing sunlight. |