A thin, wispy, sheet-like cloud formation found at high altitudes, composed of ice crystals and often creating a veil-like appearance across the sky.
From Latin cirrus (curl, wisp) + stratus (layer, spread out). Combines the concept of wispy clouds with layered/sheet formations in the meteorological classification system.
Cirrostratus clouds often create beautiful optical phenomena like halos around the sun or moon—the ice crystals act like tiny prisms bending light into perfect circles!
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