cloud cap
Americannoun
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One of the most striking of these is the planet's seasonal north polar cloud cap.
From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2023
There is no snow at the summit, but there is nearly always a white cloud cap there, hence the name.
From Prowling about Panama by Miller, George A.
We saw our bull the last afternoon as we came down from the cloud cap, and then the white blast cut us off and we had only his trail to follow.
From The Trail Book by Austin, Mary Hunter
It was worth all the fatigue, cold, and bruises, for that appallingly illogical cloud cap took a new vagary.
From A Woman Tenderfoot by Seton-Thompson, Grace Gallatin
Almost every day in summer there appears above the peak of Mount Blanc a beautifully formed cloud cap standing some distance above it and hollowed out underneath like an inverted cup.
From Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. by Gray, Elisha
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