OutdoorsTried-and-true tip
Recognising a milky high veil as cirrostratus
Learn to spot cirrostratus: a milky veil high in the sky that produces a halo.
- Time
- ⏱ 5 min
- Difficulty
- ◆ medium
How to do it
- Check the shape of the clouds in the sky.
- A milky, fibrous, see-through veil with a halo around the sun or moon is cirrostratus.
Sources
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Durchsichtiger, milchiger oder faseriger Schleier, erzeugt Halo.





