The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Stratus

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The lowest of clouds, sometimes called the night cloud; an extended horizontal formation of clouds, the surface of which sometimes rests on the earth, forming mists and fogs.

Vessel under jury rig, with the four cloud forms — stratus, cirrus, cumulus and nimbus
Vessel under jury rig, with the four cloud forms — stratus, cirrus, cumulus and nimbus
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