Clouds are that mysterious combination of beauty and foreboding that attracts many of us. On one hand, soft and serene. On the other dark and the source of danger and destruction. Often they tell of rain to come, but can be the precursor to tornadoes. In the links below you will finds hundreds of facts about clouds that may change your mind about the fluffy little cotton balls that go skipping across the sky. Just to pique your interest, here are a few fun facts that you can find more information about by following the links.
Some clouds form perfect rolls that can be 1,000 kilometers long.
Some types of clouds only form above forest fires, intense man-made fires, or volcanoes.
Cloud seeding sounds like a science fiction concept, but it has been used since the 1940′s. Most countries had abandoned its use by the 1970′s, but countries that require huge amounts of food that they can not produce(China in particular) have begun to research it again.
If you count all of the different clouds and their subsets, there are about 26 different types of clouds.
Sorry to tease you and only give you partial details, but the full scoop on all these tidbits is contained within the links below.
- Cloud Types
- Stratus Clouds
- Cirrus Clouds
- Cumulonimbus Cloud
- How are Clouds Formed?
- How do Clouds Form?
- Altocumulus Clouds
- Types of Clouds
- Different Types of Clouds
- Cirrocumulus Cloud
- Cloud Pictures
- Cloud Formation
- Cloud Formations
- Cloud Seeding
- Cirrostratus Clouds
- Cirrus Cloud
- Cumulus Cloud
- Cumulus Clouds
- Altostratus Clouds
- Wallpaper Clouds
- Clouds Background
- Pictures of Storm Clouds
- Cumulus Clouds Pictures
- Cumulonimbus Clouds Pictures
- What are Clouds Made of?
- Blue Clouds
- Why are Clouds White?
- Mammatus Clouds
- Lenticular Clouds
- Rain Cloud
- Nimbostratus
- Wave Clouds
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