© Marcin Kocybik

Grand Sud, Aix-en-Provence, France

Latitude: 43° 29' 5'' N

Longitude: 5° 26' 57'' E

21 July 2015 1300 (Local Time)
Camera direction: towards W

Image P/S code: P.20.10.5

Image I.D.: 5686

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  Clouds at different levels viewed from an aircraft

  Viewed from an aircraft, the vertical distribution of clouds in the atmosphere can be appreciated. In the upper portion of this image is an extensive sheet of Cirrostratus fibratus (a high-level cloud), while at the lower left is a layer of Stratocumulus stratiformis (a low-level convective cloud). The upper surface of the Stratocumulus layer displays bulges and protuberances. At a level above the Stratocumulus is a thin sheet (variety translucidus) of Altostratus, which most likely formed by the spreading out of part of a Cumulonimbus (cumulonimbogenitus). On the right and in the middle of the picture are towers of Cumulus congestus (5 and 6), possibly having developed from the Altocumulus castellanus in the middle of the image. Finally, the anvil (incus) of a large and tall Cumulonimbus capillatus stretches across the middle of the picture. 

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  © Marcin Kocybik
  Grand Sud, Aix-en-Provence, France
  Latitude: 43° 29' 5'' N
  Longitude: 5° 26' 57'' E
  21 July 2015 1300 (Local Time)
  
  
  Camera direction: towards W
  Image P/S code: P.20.10.5
  Image I.D.: 5686