Why are some clouds black while others are white? [more inside]
posted by zeoslap on Nov 5, 2009 - 4 answers

Anyone else in the Philadelphia area seeing this? There are some strange, vertical clouds in the area that look a lot like aurorae (it's well into darkness here), but they aren't moving. They look like they might be high-altitude noctilucent clouds, but I think it's the wrong time of year for those. What are they? I've never seen anything like them.
posted by drinkcoffee on Nov 19, 2008 - 11 answers

There is a name for a cloud formation that is dropping rain in a vertical "funnel" similar to this photo. The word might be Native American or Arabic, might start with a "Y" and I'm going insane trying to remember it.
posted by atomicmedia on Jul 1, 2008 - 3 answers

Hey skydivers! What's it like falling through a cloud? [more inside]
posted by chugg on Jun 13, 2008 - 13 answers

You are not my meteorologist but . . . There are clouds and there are clouds, I'd never seen one like this before, what kind was it? [more inside]
posted by MasonDixon on Apr 18, 2008 - 12 answers

Coulds are passing by outside my window. What's going on? [more inside]
posted by pantheON on Oct 4, 2007 - 15 answers

A friend of mine from France and I both noticed that, in France, the clouds in the sky seem to be closer to the ground than they are in the US. I have searched all over and can't figure out why this is the case, but we both observed it independently of one another so I assume something real must be going on - I just don't know what it is! [more inside]
posted by inatizzy on Jun 10, 2007 - 10 answers

Looking at clouds in the sky you see objects -- dog, faces, whatever. What's this process called? [more inside]
posted by timnyc on Aug 31, 2005 - 10 answers

What makes clouds form where they form, and how? [more inside]
posted by Rothko on Aug 30, 2005 - 6 answers

I'm looking for a cool picture of a cloud blowing wind, like this, except better quality and preferably older looking... like what you might find on an old decorated map. I'm googled out and need your hope!
posted by Ljubljana on Aug 10, 2005 - 13 answers