Sunday, January 10, 2010

Clouds week of jan.4th

date jan.10


mammatus clouds
They are cellular pattern of pouches hanging underneath the base of a cloud. The mammatus has a nickname of the breast cloud.The name "mammatus" named after the word mamma(udder or breast) and the clouds shape looks like the shape of breast of a woman.


lenticular clouds
Lenticular clouds form around hills and mountains. These clouds look distinctive they look like giant flying saucers or lopsided stacks of pancakes


noctilucent cloud
Noctilucent clouds can form only under very restricted conditions. Noctilucent clouds are made of tiny crystals of water ice. Its higher than any other clouds in Earth's atmosphere. Clouds in the Earth's lower atmosphere form when water collects on particles but other clouds may form directly from water vapor.


roll cloud
A roll cloud is a low horizontal tube shaped and is a rare type of arcus cloud.

MY FAVORITE cloud is the noctilucent cloud because it looks really pretty in the sky.

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