Posts Tagged cirrus


  • Layers and streets of cloud - July 5th, 2010 , Written By: Chris Noble | 1 Comment

    • Clouds come in many different types and are characterised and named according to both their shape and height in the atmosphere.  While a single snapshot in time at a given location may only contain one type of cloud, there are many days when multiple cloud types can be observed in the sky at once. On [...]

  • Ice - November 24th, 2009 , Written By: Chris Webster | 3 Comments

    • You may have heard in the news recently about a large group of  icebergs in the ocean south of New Zealand. There is an impressive photo of one of the icebergs here. The story got me thinking again about the amazing properties of water, so I will continue the thread of a previous post by focusing on ice. Ice in the water Firstly, the icebergs. [...]

   

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