To understand how clouds get their shape, it helps to understand the basics of how they form. When air rises and cools, the water vapor it holds condenses into tiny water droplets or ice crystals.

We stare at clouds all the time, whether trying to figure out what they look like or if they're bringing rain. Yet most of us know very little about clouds, let alone how to identify them.

Holy Moly, Clouds With Holes in Them? They're called "fallstreak holes," and they occur when parts of a cloud suddenly fall away toward the surface. ImaGeo. By Tom Yulsman. Feb 26, 2021 9:40 PM Feb 26 ...

Most clouds are classified by their shape and how high their base is off the ground - low, medium or high. The lowest clouds fall into two major categories: cumulus and stratus. Cumulus are more ...

When clouds form thick layers, we add the word “stratus”, or “layer”, to the name. Stratus can occur just above the ground, or a bit higher up – we call it altostratus then.