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Friday 26th July 2024

On Saturn, a ring of clouds exists with a distinctly angular form that has not changed for at least 40 years. This hexagon of clouds at the planet’s north pole is so large that each side is larger than the diameter of Earth. The formation …

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Cloud of the Month

July 2024

Meet the highest clouds in our atmosphere. They’re ghostly blue and they shine at night and they feature as Cloud of the Month for July...
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A fair weather cloud day over Valentia Island in the south west of Ireland.
Cloud Poetry
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Cloud Art
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Cloud Music
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Our downloadable lesson plans and resources for schools and homeschools teaching about the sky.

News

June 30, 2024

EarthCARE: A New Satellite Getting to the Heart of Clouds

On May 28, 2024, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) teamed up to launch a 3-year mission called EarthCARE in order to profile Earth’s clouds to see what effect they are having on climate change. Different cloud formations interact with sunlight in different ways. For example, the low, thick, […]
June 29, 2024

Skydentities, Music Generated by Clouds

On August 2nd, UK-based soundscape artist Justin Wiggan is releasing Skydentities: Cloud Scanner the first album of music generated by clouds. The tracks were produced using a device, known as a cloud scanner, that was created by Wiggan in collaboration with artist-engineer Dominick Allen. The device collects light and colour from the clouds converting them […]
June 20, 2024

CUMULUS: THE ART OF METEOROLOGY

Tom Bean, Member 41,135 has shared details of an art exhibition CUMULUS: THE ART OF METEOROLOGY, that’s opening in Flagstaff, Arizona on June 29.  The exhibit will run for three months and coincide with the arrival of the Southwest US Monsoon Season.  He told us “While Flagstaff, is a small city, it is the jumping […]