Cirrocumulus

Cirrocumulus
Photo by Jeff Caplan, NASA Photographer in 1997. This is an example of fairly large-celled cirrocumulus, mostly cloudy and pretty much translucent.

Cirrocumulus with cirrus
Photo by Lin Chambers on April 17th, 1999. This image shows an example of multilayer cloudiness within a single cloud level. The cirrocumulus appears to be above a lower layer of much smoother cirrus. This indicates different wind characteristics in the two layers (probably turbulent at the higher level and much smoother at the lower level).

Cirrocumulus
Photo by Lin Chambers in Southeastern Virginia, April 1999. This is another part of the sky on the same day as above. Again there is evidence of a lower smooth cirrus layer with cirrocumulus above.

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		Cirrocumulus Photo by Jeff Caplan, NASA Photographer in 1997. This is an example of fairly large-celled cirrocumulus, mostly cloudy and pretty much translucent.

		Cirrocumulus with cirrus Photo by Lin Chambers on April 17th, 1999. This image shows an example of multilayer cloudiness within a single cloud level. The cirrocumulus appears to be above a lower layer of much smoother cirrus. This indicates different wind characteristics in the two layers (probably turbulent at the higher level and much smoother at the lower level).

		Cirrocumulus Photo by Lin Chambers in Southeastern Virginia, April 1999. This is another part of the sky on the same day as above. Again there is evidence of a lower smooth cirrus layer with cirrocumulus above.