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Today's Cloud-a-Day
Friday 14th March 2025
This might, at first glance, look like an everyday sky. But these aren’t Earth clouds; they’re Martian clouds – as photographed by Natalie Moore (Member 11,271) using cameras aboard NASA’s Curiosity rover.
Natalie takes cloudspott…
Cloud of the Month
March 2024
In Cloud of the Month for March, we introduce an atmospheric magic trick...
Cloudspotting for Beginners
A collaboration with award-winning illustrator William Grill, Cloudspotting for Beginners is a stunning introduction to clouds and the sky. We are very proud of this beautiful hardback book. Charming, uplifting, and easy to understand for all ages, Cloudspotting for Beginners will inspire anyone curious about clouds to look up at the sky with a new understanding and appreciation.
Our Memory Cloud Atlas
On Cloud Appreciation Day, Friday September 13th, 2024, friends and members of the Cloud Appreciation Society contributed photographs of their skies to our Memory Cloud Atlas. The Atlas was open for contributions on this day only. It stands as a snapshot of a world looking up and appreciating the sky on one particular day.
Recent Clouds Spotted
New from our Members
Verena Foxx, Member 4,836 from Canada, sent us ...
George Preoteasa, Member 41,445, was in the Yukon ...
Antonio Martínez, a calligrapher from Spain is passionate ...
Dan Barstow, Member 41,557 introduced us to the ...
A Survival Kit for the Imagination
Our downloadable lesson plans and resources for schools and homeschools teaching about the sky.
News
December 20, 2024
Rapid Surge in global warming mainly due to reduced planetary albedo
In the journal Science, a team led by the Alfred Wegener Institute put forward a possible explanation in their study for the rise in global mean temperature: our planet has become less reflective because certain types of clouds have declined.Researchers find that part of the temperature rise in 2023 is due to a decline in […]
September 9, 2024
Why You Should Be Looking Up
Cloud Appreciation Society founder, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, Member 001, was recently invited to join Amanda Yorwerth on the podcast, Environment Matters. They discussed all things cloudlike along with Cloud Appreciation Day which is coming up this Friday, 13th September. You can listen to the Environment Matters Podcast here Image credit: Lacunosus over Beaconsfield, United States by […]
August 29, 2024
Earth’s Jet Stream: Creating the Seeds that Generate Clouds
Clouds form when water vapour condenses or freezes around tiny particles, called cloud condensation nuclei, that are suspended in the atmosphere. These particles are hygroscopic, meaning they attract water. Examples of cloud condensation nuclei, also called cloud seeds, include dust, ocean salt, and sulfuric acid particles. Often, entirely new particles are formed in the atmosphere […]
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