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17 More Images You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped. These are Mammatus clouds, aptly named for their resemblance to udders.

17 More Images You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped

It's still not well understood how they actually form, so in a sense, these sky-butts (as we like to call them) represent the cutting edge in our meteorological knowledge. Documentation of Man's First Attempts to Win a Penis-Measuring Contest Hey, remember that news story from a while ago where that kid drew a giant penis on his parents' roof so it'd be captured on Google Earth? Well, it turns out that tradition goes back a long way. The Cerne Abbas giant for instance has been around for centuries (nobody is sure who made it). It's common to catch sight of couples fucking, as doing so is rumored to prevent infertility. That Thing That Nobody Understood in the Ending of 2001: A Space Odyssey In a classic example of "You won't believe it's not Photoshopped," this 1965 cover to LIFE magazine was initially doubted as fake by the Editors. From Pooktre.com "What's that White Stuff on the Trees? Sleep tight. Ngpc-wp-wk-4-5_27678_990x742.jpg (JPEG Image, 990x742 pixels) - Scaled (76%)

Weather Wiz Kids weather information for kids. Why do clouds form at different heights in the atmosphere?

Weather Wiz Kids weather information for kids

The characteristics of clouds are dictated by the elements available, including the amount of water vapor, the temperatures at that height, the wind, and the interplay of other air masses. How is fog formed? There are many different types of fog, but fog is mostly formed when southerly winds bring warm, moist air into a region, possibly ending a cold outbreak. As the warm, moist air flows over much colder soil or snow, dense fog often forms. Warm, moist air is cooled from below as it flows over a colder surface. Cirrostratus clouds are thin, sheetlike high clouds that often cover the entire sky. Cirrocumulus clouds appear as small, rounded white puffs that appear in long rows. "Alto" Clouds Altostratus clouds are gray or blue-gray mid level clouds composed of ice crystals and water droplets. MORE - Betts Geospatial Corp. USTRANSCOM Scott Air Force Base IL SR GIS Analyst/PM July 2010 thru March 2011 Enterprise GIS Design, Implementation, Configuration, and Applications Development Technologies: ArcSERVER 10, FLEX API, Geo Database Design, Interoperability with legacy software reporting systems (Secret Clearance restricts any more details of this work) Washington DC FCC SR GIS Analyst August thru NOV 2009 Support and Review and Implementation of ESRI ArcSERVER and SDE install Preparation for Broadband Map construct.

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Work skills/tasks: Cloud_in_joplin_mo.jpg (JPEG Image, 640 × 480 pixels) 9 ominous images of roll clouds. Interested in uplifting stories on the natural world, sustainable communities, simple food, and new thinking on how to live well? Please enter a valid email address and try again! No thanks. 9 scary images of shelf clouds: Shelf esteem. Interested in uplifting stories on the natural world, sustainable communities, simple food, and new thinking on how to live well?

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Please enter a valid email address and try again! No thanks. Cloud Types! Uniting cloud lovers around the world. Clouds. You have only to look up into the sky to try your luck at weather forecasting.

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Clouds give us a clue about what is going on in our atmosphere and how the weather might change in the hours or even days to come. Each type of cloud forms in a different way, and each brings its own kind of weather. Cool Condensation Clouds are water. As you probably know, we can find water in three forms: liquid, solid and gas. Too Clean for Clouds? Our air has to be just a little bit dirty for clouds to form. Cloud Classifications Meteorologists name clouds by how high in the sky they form and by their appearance.

If clouds form at the highest levels, they get the prefix “cirro” as the first part of their name. There are two cloud appearance types: cumulus and stratus, which are also the basic names of the low clouds. Cumulus clouds are low individual billowy globs that are low, have flat bases and look a little like cauliflower. Stratus clouds are layered and cover most of the sky. Go to Next Page.