Stratus clouds – A blanket of cloud – Weather science
Stratus clouds (thanks to NASA) What are stratus clouds? If you see stratus clouds, that's the time to get inside and stay there. Stratus clouds mean rain if it is warm and snow if it [...]
Stratus clouds (thanks to NASA) What are stratus clouds? If you see stratus clouds, that's the time to get inside and stay there. Stratus clouds mean rain if it is warm and snow if it [...]
If it's colder, rain may fall as snow. About two and a half billion years ago, the Earth finally cooled down enough for it to snow for the first time. Most of the [...]
Thanks to Rocbike for the great picture! When the Earth first formed, about 4.5 billion years ago, it didn't rain here. Until about four billion years ago, Earth was too hot for raindrops to form, [...]
Cumulonimbus clouds are a type of nimbus cloud What is a nimbus cloud? Nimbus clouds often mean that a thunder storm is brewing: there may soon be thunder and lightning. Get out of [...]
People driving cars in the rain Some of the tiny particles inside the clouds - the cloud seeds - are made of pollution from cars and factories. They're little particles [...]
See the steam coming out of this kettle? You can make your own clouds and see how they work. Just take a tea kettle and fill it full of water and put it on [...]
Indra, 4-5th c. AD (Mathura, India) Who was Indra? In the earliest Hindu stories that we know of, from the Rig Veda, Indra is the ruler of the Hindu gods, the [...]
Hades kidnaps Persephone (mosaic from Amphipolis, 300s BC) Persephone was the daughter of the goddess Demeter. One day Persephone was dancing with her friends in a sunny meadow, having a good time, picking [...]
A big ocean wave The first molecules of water formed out in space, about 14 billion years ago, as part of the nebula left over after an early star exploded [...]