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

Brilliant red, orange and scarlet sunsets often take place in the presence of higher cirrus or altocumulus clouds instead of low-level clouds such as stratus or stratocumulus.

From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 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

There were high cumulus clouds and enough cirrus above them so that the old man knew the breeze would last all night.

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