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Clouds
A Cloud on earth is a
condensations of water and other
particles in the atmosphere. They are formed by the saturation of air with
water when it cools or gains water vapor. The science of clouds is
nephology a branch of meteorology. Cloud types have Latin names
formally proposed in December 1802 as
Luke Howard
nomenclature and became the basis of a modern international system of
classification.
The popular names for the five physical types are:
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Stratus (low-level with horizontal layering)
Stratocumulus (low-level, lumpy layer)
Cirrus (thin, wispy and elongate above 18,000 ft)
Cumulus (low-level puffy or cotton-like)
Cumulonimbus (a dense towering vertical "rain-cloud")
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Click here for short
time-lapse movie of clouds over Cheviot Hills
Time-lapse video of clouds
over Los Angeles
(640 X 480 .mp4)
cloudsTL-9505-edit2
cloudsTL-CanonG9_MVI_1224
CloudsTL10162016b
Time-lapse video of clouds over Los
Angeles
(in HD .mp4)
CloudsTL-SL1-11212016b
cloudsTL1132017a
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You Tube
"Scenic Clouds" slide
show at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njPy0vlbfgE
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You Tube
"Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe --
Chapter 1"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hWZKjTfrdY
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Scenic Clouds .mp4 slide show:
Scenic Clouds
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Cloud references:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/cloud_classification.aspx
http://www.carlwozniak.com/clouds/types.html
http://www.cloudappreciationsociety.org/
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/cldtyp/home.rxml
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/home.rxml
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