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Velum (vel) ( lat. Velum "ship's sail, tent web") is an accompanying cloud in the form of a veil with a large horizontal extension immediately above or on the upper part of one or more cumulus-like clouds , by which it is often pierced. Velum occurs exclusively in Cumulus and Cumulonimbus .