Just another cirrus sunset

12/8/11, 4:30 pm, facing west

This sunset on Thursday, December 8th, shows the definition of the word cirrus, from the Latin word meaning curl, as in a lock of hair. These beautiful cloud curled over Richmond and glowed with the rosy light of the setting sun.

Here's the meteorological definition of cirrus courtesy of dictionary.com: 

cirrus, noun, plural--a cloud of a class characterized by thin white filaments or narrow bands and a composition of ice crystals: of high altitude, about 20,000–40,000 feet (6000–12,000meters).

Lovely, aren't they?