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Here's a good guide to tell the different types of clouds apart. Some categories cross over, like cumulonimbus and stratocumulous.
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Cirrus clouds are thin, wispy clouds often displayed in repetitive, sweeping patterns such as this.
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An example of a cumulonimbus cloud, a super-sized example of a fluffy cumulous cloud.
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