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The right combination of conditions allowed this distinctive low cloud to form in California’s Central Valley for weeks.
The major hurricane steered clear of land but delivered tropical storm conditions to coastal areas along its path.
The striking cloud formation developed over Arctic waters north of Siberia in July 2025 as frigid air met warmer open…
Marine storm cloud zones have shifted poleward and narrowed, and the changes are contributing to our planet’s growing energy imbalance.
The Kuril Islands produced swirls of different sizes in passing clouds.
Winds interacted with mountainous terrain to produce long, sharp-edged standing wave clouds.
Bits of pulverized rock carried by Alaska’s glacial streams into the shallow, productive estuary transform the bay’s color and can…
Airplanes passing through supercooled water droplets cause cavum, or hole-punch clouds.
An astronaut photographed the structure of a burgeoning cumulus congestus near the shore of the Persian Gulf.
