CH2 Dense cirrus

Cirrus of CH 2 may also occur in narrow bands with sproutings like turrets or battlements and is then called cirrus castellanus.

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Cirrus castellanus 25,000 ft beneath other cirrus at 30,000 ft © R.D. Whyman

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