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Cloud Appreciation

Ziyun Liu

Lenticularis altocumulus

Sarah Lennies, Cloud Appreciation Society

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10 main cloud types

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Latin!

  • Cirro-: curl
  • Cumulo-: heap
  • Strato-: layer
  • Nimbo-: rain
  • Alto-: high

Alyson Porter, Cloud Appreciation Society

Crepuscular rays and shadows

Altocumulus

Stratocumulus

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High Level Clouds

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Middle Level Clouds

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Low Level Clouds

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Checkpoint

altocumulus

cirrus

Cirrostratus & cumulus

stratocumulus

Cumulonimbus & cumulus

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Other Cloud Types

Undulatus altocumulus

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Checkpoint

lenticularis

congestus

corona

Circumzenithal arc & sun dog

asperitas

radiatus

Undulatus

Iridescence

contrail

cloudbow

cavum

glory

lacunosus

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Mamma

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Sources

  • Whatsthiscloud
  • Cloud Appreciation Society
  • Reddit

AJ-Locklear, Cloud Appreciation Society

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Share what you’ve spotted!

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You can also…

  • Go to Arizona and Hawaii
  • Become a Cloud Appreciation Society member
  • Go to Cloud Appreciation Society eshop
  • Check out https://whatsthiscloud.com/ebook/
  • Go to Whatsthiscloud eshop
  • Follow these accounts on Instagram/Twitter: Cloud Appreciation Society, Whatsthiscloud, mysticloud, markokorosecnet, eightskies, sunsets.russia, tempo.clima.brasil, cmu_clouts, arakencloud
  • Join a cloud appreciation club if your school has one
  • Create a cloud appreciation club if your school doesn’t have one