Interests: Clouds
Clouds are fascinating things in my opinion. They are created by a simple mechanism, but can be quite dramatic in appearance and they have a tremendous effect on the atmosphere.
Cloud formation
Clouds are formed by water evaporating from the earth's surface. As the water vapour rises, it cools down, it condenses on small particulate matter in the air such as dust, smoke etc.. If the droplets become too heavy, they will fall as precipitation.
Clouds may also be formed when a range of hills or mountains pushes the air upwards, causing it to cool down.
There are many different types of cloud. The mains ones are described on the cloud classification page.
Cloudy pictures
Follow some of the cloudy links (see side menu), or try searching the Gallery.
Also, the Cloud Appreciation Society have a whole gallery of cloud photos.
Cloudy news
The Cloud Appreciation Society 16.00 UTC, 21 Nov 2008
- From Rochelle Bree-Indiana Downing. Sat, 08 Nov 2008 09:13:15 +0000
- From Rochelle Bree-Indiana Downing. Sat, 08 Nov 2008 09:08:08 +0000
- Cloud Shadows (November 08) Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:34:08 +0000
