cirrus
ఉప్పొంగ
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The basic cloud forms are cumulus, which are heaped clouds; stratus, which are layer clouds; and cirrus , which are wispy.
cloud forming wispy filamentous tufted streaks (“mare's tails”) at high altitude, usually 16,500–45,000 feet (5–13 km).
Once the barnacles extended their cirri (fanlike, food-gathering appendages) and started waving them about to collect nutritious particles in the water, the researchers cast a shadow over them with a piece of cardboard.
a slender tendril or hairlike filament, such as the appendage of a barnacle, the barbel of a fish, or the intromittent organ of an earthworm.
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The persistent 'cirrus' clouds indicate atmospheric turmoil at the levels where such control begins.
High 'cirrus' clouds form white streaks across its surface and a number of dark storms act as flaws and focus for the eye.
Above us the boundless blue sky was punctuated with a few fluffy 'cirrus' clouds and the sun shining down on all of it.
The purpose of the mission was to study 'cirrus' clouds, to improve forecasts of future climate change.
Wispy 'cirrus' clouds are the only ones that form naturally at the high altitudes where jets cruise.
There have been few days without the presence of 'cirrus' clouds.
There were some high 'cirrus' clouds earlier and it looks like they're coming back, but, for the most part, it's just been beautiful.
'cirrus' clouds
The formation of wispy 'cirrus' clouds is not a simple matter.
Over a distant horizon line, 'cirrus' clouds fill the summer sky.
A few 'cirrus' clouds floated by, turning dark and blue around the edges.
I lay on the bed and watched 'cirrus' clouds drift slowly across the sky.
The lowest of these clouds is nacreous, which normally forms between 10 and 20 miles above the Earth (compared with ice cloud 'cirrus' at around 6 miles).
High, tropical 'cirrus' clouds are made up of tiny ice crystals that float at altitudes from 20,000 feet to 60,000 feet.
Thin strands of 'cirrus' cloud glowed red as the sun rose.
Most halos appear as bright white rings but in some instances, the dispersion of light as it passes through ice crystals found in upper level 'cirrus' clouds can cause a halo to have color.
long strands of high 'cirrus' stretched across the eastern sky
The basic cloud forms are cumulus, which are heaped clouds; stratus, which are layer clouds; and 'cirrus' , which are wispy.
And from that perspective, you're looking at the very high 'cirrus' clouds over the top of the storm.
Haloes can sometimes be a sign that rain is approaching, as 'cirrus' clouds can mean that a frontal system is on its way.
The arc isn't a rainbow in the traditional sense - it is caused by light passing through wispy, high-altitude 'cirrus' clouds.
In the troposphere, water exists as vapor in air, as liquid droplets in clouds, and as frozen ice particles in high altitude 'cirrus' clouds.
The diagnosis of this genus is largely based on features of the 'cirri' and arms, and is thus of only limited relevance to the present specimen.
Once the barnacles extended their 'cirri' (fanlike, food-gathering appendages) and started waving them about to collect nutritious particles in the water, the researchers cast a shadow over them with a piece of cardboard.
The head is often blunt and typically adorned with tentacles or 'cirri' .
The ventral nerve chord and nerve bundles of the maxillary 'cirri' are indicated.
Other common elements may include the possession of fixed conical teeth and 'cirri' , or fleshy hair-like projections, on the head.
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