The Storm Approaches                              Photo by Andy Marshall

Clouds Seen From Space
Amongst the largest, most powerful and oustandingly beautiful structures on earth, clouds are constantly changing shape and colour whilst always on the move. Weather satellites have revolutionised our understanding of meteorology, even if the movement of air masses remains unpredictable! The picture below is the live image from The Eumetsat visual camera running in Coordinated Universal Time and showing activity over Europe:
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The display below shows world cloud cover from all the NASA satellites, it updates every hour and you can zoom in by clicking on your area of interest:
                       NASA Satellite Cloud Picture

Identifying Clouds
Use the chart below to identify your formation, then visit the oustanding Windows to the Universe website to find out what weather your cloud brings.The site has three levels so that it caters for all ages and contains masses of information not just on clouds and weather, but on all aspects of the physical sciences.
 

After all that hard work you can take it easy with this time lapse video, which is best viewed in HD and full screen. The music is Pachelbel's Canon in D:


Now why not visit the Cloud Appreciation Society website to see more wonderful pictures and have some fun. Just click on the badge:

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