It was very dark, no stars or moon showing through the cloud cover.

"Still can't see much down there through the cloud cover," Fitzwilliam was saying.

He remained cool and slowly drifted down through the cloud cover, emerging at 45,000 feet.

They dropped through the cloud cover and emerged over the ocean.

He turned to look out the window again, as if waiting for sunlight to break through the cloud cover.

The sun peered through the cloud cover, getting ready to steam bake them for a while.

When we broke through the cloud cover and the ground was visible far below I saw the first sign of any resistance.

A pale wafer of sun was trying to break through the cloud cover.

Somehow, the stars always seemed to shine through the cloud cover where the sun could not.

At that moment, two more dragons broke through the cloud cover.