aka altostratus clouds. Captured 9/3/12, very early AM, looking east, about a half mile from my dauntless dwelling. Awesome in ZOOM. The stand alone crowd may not approve bunching these into a collage, but I don't have the luxury of time for posting these one pic at a time. Original on top, bottom one in black and white with a red filter. Since it was a narrow band of clouds, I snapped the scene at a 16:9 aspect ratio. Glad I caught this particular monsoonal mass when I did, because that was about it for the day. It was all blue sky after it drifted off to the northeast. ----------------------- The bases of altocumulus clouds typically appear between 6,500 to 20,000 feet (2,000 to 6,000 meters). Because of their lower altitudes, they are composed primarily of water droplets, however, they can also consist of ice crystals when temperatures are cold enough. This type usually forms by convection in an unstable layer aloft, which may result from the gradual lifting of air in advance of a cold front. The presence of altocumulus clouds on a warm and humid summer morning is commonly followed by thunderstorms later in the day. Source: ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/cldtyp/home.rxml Sayonara, and have a nice day.