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Yüksek irtifadan bulutları gözlemlemek gözlemcinin hizasında ve daha
aşağıda kalan bulutları gözlemlemeyi içine alabilir. Fakat, gözlemci dağlık
bölgeler, uçak gibi yüksek irtifada bulunuyorsa, bulutlar daha farklı görünecektir.
Bu durumda bulutların tabanı yerine üstünü gözlemleriz.. Bulutun tipine bağlı
olarak, yakın mesafeden bakıldığında, tepeleri, karnıbakar ya da "çarşaf"
gibi görünürler. 
Gerçekte bazı bulutlar transparandır.
Thunderstorms, which include many layers of clouds, tower well above other lower
clouds and can reveal the true dimensions of the heights of such clouds. 
The highest of clouds tend to be at a
level above where aeroplanes travel. Consequently, an observer from a plane
for instance can picture the vast space that occurs between the different layers
of clouds discussed later.
During my visit overseas during 1996, I was able to get the best view of various types of clouds from the aeroplane. Most of the photographs were taken in the trip from Japan to Germany over Russia. There were several other observations I made which would not have been possible otherwise.
First,
I found that being so high typically at heights of 10 kilometres, the lower the
clouds were, the more defined they looked. Now this is the opposite situation
observed when on the ground. Normally the lower clouds are the most undefined.
Until, I got used to the situation, I kept confusing the altocumulus and
stratocumulus clouds.
Another situation which obviously differed from ground observations
was that the lower clouds were being hidden from view. Remember, that normally
the higher clouds are more likely to be hidden from view than the lower clouds
when observed from the ground.
Other
interesting features observed were clouds associated with cold frontal cloud
bands, lenticular clouds, condensation trails left behind by the exhaust of an
aircraft, and most importantly the various heights and altitudes of different
cloud types. 
The
thinnest clouds were the stratocumulus and altocumulus clouds whereas the
thickest clouds were cumulonimbus. 
The
cumulonimbus clouds could easily be seen above the other clouds in the distance.
When travelling through clouds, some degree of turbulence was experienced.
The plane was diverted around or over the thickest clouds such as large cumulus
and cumulonimbus because of the incredible turbulence in these clouds. 