Can one stand on top of a cirrus cloud?

Yes you can but you have to wear very large shoes to spread your weight over a large surface area. Tragically, several stiletto wearers have fallen to their deaths attempting this. read more

However, stratus can also refer to a layer of medium or higher level clouds, known respectively as ‘Altostratus’ and ‘Cirrostratus’. These give the sky a ‘milky’ feel. With Altostratus, if the sun is shining behind the cloud, a ‘halo’ can often be discerned. read more

Individual cirrus cloud formations can be the remnants of anvil clouds formed by thunderstorms. In the dissipating stage of a cumulonimbus cloud, when the normal column rising up to the anvil has evaporated or dissipated, the mat of cirrus in the anvil is all that is left. read more