clouds
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Watch The Grand Canyon Fill With Clouds In This Timelapse Of A Rare Weather Phenomenon
Clouds form when warm, humid air rises into the cooler atmosphere, and all that water vapour condenses into tiny floating water droplets. But sometimes that process can be inverted, like when cold air trapped in the Grand Canyon causes it to fill with clouds as warm air passes over the massive gorge. And sometimes, that…
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures Haunting Images Of Clouds On Mars
Last month, NASA’s Curiosity rover captured some of the most remarkable images of Martian clouds we’ve ever seen. Now rare, these Earth-like cirrus clouds are a glimpse into the Red Planet’s distant past.
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Important People Decided It Was Time For Some New Clouds
People like giving official names to things — other groups of people, weird new animals, stars, round planets, and even the shapes that blobs of water vapour condense into in the sky. But move over, other names describing water vapour. There’s a new name in town: Asperitas.
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Look At These Weird Australian Clouds
These clouds are weird. Usually, clouds look like fluffy puffs or big, mean anvils. But these clouds… these clouds look like stripes. These clouds are weird.