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Illustration of cumulonimbus clouds, tall, dense, and involved in thunderstorms and other intense weather. Cumulonimbus means
Low clouds: Cumulonimbus 1
Illustration of a cumulus cloud, a cloud with noticeable vertical development and clearly defined edges. Cumulus means
Low clouds: Cumulus 1
Illustration of stratocumulus clouds, belonging to a class characterized by large dark, rounded masses, usually in groups, lines, or waves. Weak convective currents create shallow cloud layers because of drier, stable air above preventing continued vertical development. Vast areas of subtropical and polar oceans are covered with massive sheets of stratocumuli.
Low clouds: Stratocumulus 1
Illustration of stratus clouds, meaning layer or blanket in Latin. Characterized by horizontal layering with a uniform base. Flat, featureless clouds of low altitude varying in color from dark gray to nearly white obscuring the disk of the sun. Essentially above-ground fog formed either through the lifting of morning fog or when cold air moves at low altitudes over a region.
Low clouds: Stratus 1
Illustration of a cloud belonging to a class characterized by globular masses or rolls in layers or patches. Alto,
Middle clouds: Altocumulus 1
Illustration of an altostratus cloud; also referred to as
Middle clouds: Altostratus 1
Illustration of a nimbostratus cloud, a rain cloud characterized by a formless layer that is almost uniformly dark gray, of medium altitude, usually developing above 6500 ft (2000 m). Nimbo is from the Latin word
Middle clouds: Nimbostratus 1
Illustration of the moon undergoing phases; first quarter is heading towards a full moon.
Moon: first quarter
Illustration of a full moon
Moon: full
Illustration of the moon undergoing phases: last quarter is heading towards a new moon.
Moon: last quarter
Illustration of the moon undergoing phases: new moon. The Moon, in its monthly orbital motion around Earth, lies between Earth and the Sun, and is therefore in conjunction with the Sun as seen from Earth. At this time, the dark (unilluminated) portion of the Moon faces almost directly toward Earth, so that the Moon is not visible to the naked eye.
Moon: new
Illustration of the moon undergoing phases; waning (decreasing in size) crescent (name of shape), heading towards a new moon.
Moon: waning crescent
Illustration of the moon undergoing phases; waning (decreasing in size) gibbous (name of shape), heading towards a new moon.
Moon: waning gibbous
Illustration of the moon undergoing phases; waxing (increasing) crescent (shape), heading towards a full moon.
Moon: waxing crescent
Illustration of the moon undergoing phases; waxing (increasing in size) gibbous (name of shape), heading towards a full moon.
Moon: waxing gibbous
Illustration of a cloud with falling snow
Weather: snow
Illustration of weather vane
Weather vane
The Northern Lights are caused when particles thrown off the surface of the sun collide with the atmosphere of the Earth.
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Illustration of a hurricane, or tropical cyclone: a storm system characterized by a low pressure center and numerous thunderstorms that produce strong winds and flooding rain. Depending on its location and strength, a tropical cyclone is referred to by names such as hurricane, typhoon, tropical storm, cyclonic storm, tropical depression, and simply cyclone. Has counterclockwise rotation in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise rotation in the Southern Hemisphere due to the Coriolis Effect.
Weather: cyclone (S Hemisphere)
Illustration of a hurricane, or tropical cyclone: a storm system characterized by a low pressure center and numerous thunderstorms that produce strong winds and flooding rain. Depending on its location and strength, a tropical cyclone is referred to by names such as hurricane, typhoon, tropical storm, cyclonic storm, tropical depression, and simply cyclone. Has counterclockwise rotation in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise rotation in the Southern Hemisphere due to the Coriolis Effect.
Weather: hurricane (N Hemisphere)
Illustration of a cloud with rain droplets falling straight down
Weather: rain
Illustration of a cloud with sheeting rain, coming down hard and slanted
Weather: sheeting rain
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