Cirrus Clouds (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Cirrus Clouds

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Typically found at heights greater than 20,000 feet, cirrus clouds are composed of ice crystals, which IceCube will measure as the Science Mission Directorate's first Earth-1 CubeSat mission.

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