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Wispy cirrus clouds stretch across a bright blue sky above trees and a river at Pinawa Dam Provincial Park in Manitoba, Canada, with sunlight illuminating the scene.

Illustration showing ten cloud types at different altitudes above the ground: cirrus, cirrocumulus, and cirrostratus at high elevations; altocumulus and altostratus at mid-levels; nimbostratus, stratocumulus, stratus, cumulus, and the towering cumulonimbus clouds at lower to very high elevations, with a plane for scale.

Learn about the four main types of clouds formed at different altitudes

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Learn about the four main types of clouds formed at different altitudes

Learn about the four main types of clouds formed at different altitudes

Different types of clouds form at different altitudes.

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Wispy cirrus clouds stretch across a bright blue sky above trees and a river at Pinawa Dam Provincial Park in Manitoba, Canada, with sunlight illuminating the scene.

feathery cirrus clouds over Pinawa Dam Provincial Park

The atmospheres of planets in the solar system are composed of various gases, particulates,...

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Illustration showing ten cloud types at different altitudes above the ground: cirrus, cirrocumulus, and cirrostratus at high elevations; altocumulus and altostratus at mid-levels; nimbostratus, stratocumulus, stratus, cumulus, and the towering cumulonimbus clouds at lower to very high elevations, with a plane for scale.

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Different types of clouds form at different heights.

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