QUIZ: Can You Name The Cloud Type Based On A Photo?

This isn’t fog, but a flat, gray blanket of a cloud.

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Alaska, Kodiak Island Dark Clouds Over Frazer Lake.
Retry Correct Incorrect Stratus clouds form a layer of featureless gray that signal rain or snow. Unlike altostratus and nimbostratus, stratus clouds form close to the ground when warm, wet air collides with cold air.
Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images
Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images

This isn’t fog, but a flat, gray blanket of a cloud.

  • Nimbostratus
  • Stratus
  • Stratocumulus
  • Altostratus
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