cloud layer

noun

a continuous or fragmented distribution of clouds all sharing the same cloud base.

In the case of the sun this cloud layer is always present and is that part which we have learned to call the photosphere.

The ship swung down into the cloud layer; floating wisps of gray vapor streamed past the orbiting Cavour.

The cloud layer that enveloped Earth's sister planet swirled and twisted.

The sky, or rather the cloud layer, dominated the atmosphere with its weird pinkness.

It raced madly over the irregular upper surface of the cloud layer.

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