cirrocumulus cloud

Cirrocumulus clouds form in sheets or patches and do not cast shadows.

Cirrocumulus clouds never cast self-shadows and are translucent to a certain degree.

Thus cirrocumulus clouds are usually short-lived.

Cirrocumulus stratiformis occurs as very small cirrocumulus clouds that cover a large part of the sky.

Cirrocumulus clouds come in four species: stratiformis, lenticularis, castellanus, and floccus.

Cirrocumulus cloud: Not a common cloud.

Cirrocumulus lenticularis is a type of cirrocumulus cloud.

The ice crystals in the bottoms of cirrocumulus clouds tend to be in the form of hexagonal cylinders.

Cirrocumulus clouds tend to reflect the red and yellow colours during a sunset and sunrise, and thus they have been referred to as "one of the most beautiful clouds".

Cumulus clouds are part of the larger category of cumuliform clouds, which include stratocumulus clouds, cumulonimbus clouds, cirrocumulus clouds, and altocumulus clouds.