To understand how clouds get their shape, it helps to understand the basics of how they form. When air rises and cools, the water vapor it holds condenses into tiny water droplets or ice crystals. If ...

This shapes cumulus clouds into cauliflower-like blossoms, as if the clouds were boiling. It's our imagination, and what we've personally seen (or read about), that puts the pictures in cumulus ...

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Here is an photo from Sunday evening as the sun was setting. There was a towering cloud and it was casting a shadow on a layer of clouds above it. Pretty cool image. The image was taken by Kevin ...

How are clouds’ shapes made? – Amanda, age 5, Chile. I’m a meteorologist, and I’ve been fascinated by weather since I was 8 years old. I grew up in Minnesota, where the weather changes ...

On a road trip from Phoenix to Washington D.C., you may notice the sky is falling — or at least the clouds are. We often admire the shapes and sizes of those overhead puffs, but the height of ...

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How are clouds’ shapes made? – Amanda, age 5, Chile. I’m a meteorologist, and I’ve been fascinated by weather since I was 8 years old.