Altocumulus and Cirrus Over the Netherlands

6 June 2026 · Maastricht

Two cloud systems occupy the same sky without agreeing on terms. Altocumulus fragments scatter across the deep blue upper left while a dense column of cirrus sweeps upward through the centre and right — ordered at the edges, turbulent at the core. The sky here is the whole subject: no horizon, no ground, no built thing to anchor it. Just atmosphere in motion over the Netherlands, caught at the moment the two formations are still distinct.