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Sunday 1st September 2024

The cartoon bird Woody Woodpecker appeared to Charles Gagnebin (Member 60,234) over Springfield, Virginia, US in this patch of the disc-shaped form of the mid-level Altocumulus cloud that is known as Altocumulus lenticularis. The bird’s he…

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Cloud of the Month

August 2024

Eyebrow clouds with disco colours! Meet the cloud that deserves an official classification, and which we featured as Cloud of the Month for August…
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Get ready for Cloud Appreciation Day

Friday September 13th, 2024

Share your love of the sky with the world by posting your photo of clouds on Friday September 13th to our Memory Cloud Atlas. The Atlas is open for contributions on that day only, as a snapshot of a world looking up and appreciating the sky: the ever-changing, ever-beautiful part of nature that we all share...

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A collaboration with award-winning illustrator William Grill, Cloudspotting for Beginners is a stunning introduction to clouds and the sky. We are very proud of this beautiful hardback book. Charming, uplifting, and easy to understand for all ages, Cloudspotting for Beginners will inspire anyone curious about clouds to look up at the sky with a new understanding and appreciation.

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Our downloadable lesson plans and resources for schools and homeschools teaching about the sky.

News

August 29, 2024

Earth’s Jet Stream: Creating the Seeds that Generate Clouds

Clouds form when water vapour condenses or freezes around tiny particles, called cloud condensation nuclei, that are suspended in the atmosphere. These particles are hygroscopic, meaning they attract water. Examples of cloud condensation nuclei, also called cloud seeds, include dust, ocean salt, and sulfuric acid particles. Often, entirely new particles are formed in the atmosphere […]
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 […]