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The science behind the shape of clouds — how cumulus and cirrus formations forecast the weather
Often, these are fair-weather clouds that form when the sun warms the ground and the warm air rises. You’ll often see them on ...
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BEHIND THE WEATHER: The science of gravity waves and lenticular clouds
There might be just 10 basic cloud types, but those clouds all have different variations and appearances in our sky. Lisa Covey traveled to Newfoundland earlier this summer and caught this unique ...
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How are clouds’ shapes made? A scientist explains the different cloud types and how they help forecast weather
These are nimbostratus. There are a number of other unique and beautiful cloud types that can form as air rises over mountain slopes and other topography. Lenticular clouds, for example ...
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lenticular printing
Two or more views of a scene are printed on a thermoplastic sheet of lenticular (concave) lenses that look like parallel ridges (see below). In order to align the image to the lens array ...
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How are clouds’ shapes made? A scientist explains the different cloud types and how they help forecast weather
Lenticular clouds, like this one over a mountain in Chile, can look like flying saucers. Bilderbuch/Design Pics Editorial/Universal Images Group via Getty Images ...