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... centre ) Cirrus fibratus , nearly straight or irregularly curved fine white filaments , generally distinct from one another . ( Top right ) Cirrus uncinus , detached clouds of delicate white filaments , often comma - shaped and ending ...
... centre ) Cirrus fibratus , nearly straight or irregularly curved fine white filaments , generally distinct from one another . ( Top right ) Cirrus uncinus , detached clouds of delicate white filaments , often comma - shaped and ending ...
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... centre ) Cumulonimbus capillatus , showing the characteristic anvil - shaped upper portion , or thunderhead . ( Top right ) Cumulonimbus mamma , a light - coloured cloud sheet that has hanging protuberances on the undersurface . ( Centre ) ...
... centre ) Cumulonimbus capillatus , showing the characteristic anvil - shaped upper portion , or thunderhead . ( Top right ) Cumulonimbus mamma , a light - coloured cloud sheet that has hanging protuberances on the undersurface . ( Centre ) ...
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... centre of a distribution of stars , which thinned in number with increasing distance from the centre . Moreover , Kapteyn determined that the rate of thinning was more rapid in certain directions than in others . This observation , in ...
... centre of a distribution of stars , which thinned in number with increasing distance from the centre . Moreover , Kapteyn determined that the rate of thinning was more rapid in certain directions than in others . This observation , in ...
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