Document Title:
Cumulus and cirrus clouds at sunset (DI00824)
Description:
Low cumulus clouds (foreground) scoot across the horizon at sunset as a departing thunderstorm leaves behind an anvil of cirrus cloud (background and top). Formed by ice crystals, anvils can spread out from the top of a storm over 100 miles in all directions.
Creditline:
copyright University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Keywords:
DI00824,weather,cumulus,sunset,thunderstorm,Colorado,cirrus,Clouds
Filename:
DI00824.tif