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Great Cloud

The great big clouds.


  • The clouds tend to block sunlight and producing a cooling effect. - 717
  • The dark clouds are beginning to gather. - 718
  • The clouds drift across the sky. - 17792
  Key words: Cloud, Clouds, Great, Great-Cloud  

  Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)  

Question: What is a cloud?
  Answer: A cloud is a visible collection of water vapor, ice crystals, smoke, or dust particles in the air. - 199

Question: When are clouds formed?
  Answer: Clouds are formed when air that contains water vapor cools below the dew point. - 200
  Reference: The American Heritage Science Dictionary

Question: What is cloud computing?
  Answer: Cloud computing is computing resources delivered over the internet. - 198

Question: What is the purpose of cloud seeding?
  Answer: Cloud-seeding is a type of weather-modification that has been used to cause rain to fall. - 296

Question: What chemical is used for cloud seeding?
  Answer: Silver-iodide have been historically used for cloud-seeding. Other chemicals are also being tested. - 297


  External related links to the world ...  

Clouds
 Clouds

 A cloud is a large collection of very tiny droplets of water or ice crystals. The droplets are so small and light that they can float in the air.

weatherwizkids.com/cloud.htm - 185
PSU Weather Center
 PSU Weather Center

 Basic cloud forms from the PSC Meteorology Program, with plenty of photographs and explanations.

vortex.plymouth.edu/clouds.html - 186
Dan's Wild Weather
 Dan's Wild Weather

 Meteorologists rank clouds according to their height.

wildwildweather.com/clouds.htm - 187
Atmospheric Science for Kids
 Atmospheric Science for Kids

 What is Air Made of?

dmdykstra.com/info/what-is-air-made-of-atmospheric-science-for-kids - 188
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  Words of Wisdom  

These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.   Deuteronomy 5:22 

And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.   1 Kings 18:45 

For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.   Psalm 57:10 

For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.   Psalm 108:4 

And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.   Ezekiel 1:4 

A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.   Joel 2:2 

The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.   Nahum 1:3 

And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.   Matthew 24:30 

And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.   Mark 13:26 

And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.   Luke 21:27 

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.   Hebrews 12:1, 2 

And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.   Revelation 11:12 

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  Comments and Quotes  

When I was little, it never would have occurred to me to draw a picture with clouds in the sky that looked like stripes and streaks, because they didn't. How often do we see big puffy clouds now? The only kind I ever used to draw. Hardly ever. They're all spray-on. - Amber Salvati - 29


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