How do clouds work?
0 2017-08-03 by factsnotfeelings
According to the textbooks, they are made of tiny water droplets. But is this plausible?
How could water droplets float on air?
When a plane goes through a cloud, it experiences turbulence, which suggests that the cloud is more dense than the surrounding air...
Yet if the cloud is floating on the surrounding air, then surely it must be less dense?
Why do rain clouds become darker? Water is transparent, so surely the rainclouds should be the same colour as normal clouds?
Clouds are a mystery...
If you'd like to read more, please see my full article on my blog.
I discuss how clouds/rain relate to atmospheric electricity and why rain changes the electrical charge of the ground.
I also have a theory on how clouds produce rain.
55 comments
1 8BitFlash 2017-08-03
you high as shit
1 natetom 2017-08-03
lmao
1 niggauhigh 2017-08-03
came to say this
1 reallywidetree 2017-08-03
Clouds come from the spheres. Think of them as God's voice.
1 groman32 2017-08-03
https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/
1 MrNiceDude 2017-08-03
Nah mate, he'll only get the answer he wants by asking the conspiracy community
1 MasBlanketo 2017-08-03
Bro, so does the scientific community
1 factsnotfeelings 2017-08-03
Once I buy a phase contrast microscope, I will be able to see for myself if cell biology is real.
And yes, the periodic table is fraudulent. There is no equipment which can count electrons in a substance.
1 MasBlanketo 2017-08-03
I honestly can't tell if you're being serious or not
1 factsnotfeelings 2017-08-03
I'm completely serious.
Everything we know about chemistry was determined by trial and error.
The periodic table is just a series of made up numbers. No experiment or piece of equipment can show that a single atom of graphite/carbon contains 12 electrons.
Phase contrast microscopes are the most powerful kind of optical microscopes, this is the only way to view living tissue without having to stain it first.
1 Terex80 2017-08-03
It's not difficult to see cells with a simple microscope. What replaces cells?
You sound like you're one step away from flat earth
1 3chordsandthetruth 2017-08-03
These are good questions. The explanation of clouds doesn't make sense
1 IPUNCHCUNTS 2017-08-03
lol ooooooooo k buddy. all you guys posting this silliness have lost it.
"tide comes in, tide goes out. you can't explain that!" - Bill O'Reilly
1 3chordsandthetruth 2017-08-03
How does the water evaporation explanation make sense? Why do they turn dark and grey before and during a storm?
1 MasBlanketo 2017-08-03
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/04/21/3196689.htm
1 IPUNCHCUNTS 2017-08-03
oh dear... rain clouds are grey instead of white because of their thickness, or height. That is, a cloud gets thicker and denser as it gathers more water droplets and ice crystals — the thicker it gets, the more light it scatters, resulting in less light penetrating all the way through it.
not ONLY is this not rocket science... all of your silly questions can be answered with Google.
Before you post this shit... Google it. Then take the answer that is readily available to you and try to refute it.
Don't post these STUPID fucking questions here.
1 factsnotfeelings 2017-08-03
I don't believe clouds contain water droplets. How could water float on air?
1 MasBlanketo 2017-08-03
Ok you've got to be trolling. This is the comment that did it for me
1 IPUNCHCUNTS 2017-08-03
they are a total troll... posting this trash to discredit this sub.
1 3chordsandthetruth 2017-08-03
That doesn't make sense
1 IPUNCHCUNTS 2017-08-03
yes it does. just not to you.
I have a long list of things that you wouldn't understand apparently.
1 MasBlanketo 2017-08-03
Except for that it does lol
1 3chordsandthetruth 2017-08-03
How does it?
1 MasBlanketo 2017-08-03
How do clouds make sense? Is that what you're asking me?
1 3chordsandthetruth 2017-08-03
No the mainstream explanation for them doesn't
1 MasBlanketo 2017-08-03
I guess I just disagree with you then - it makes sense to me, and to literally almost everyone else. Maybe do some more research? This seems like entry level stuff though
1 factsnotfeelings 2017-08-03
Thank you.
There's no evidence for the idea that clouds form by evaporating water over the oceans.
Logically speaking, if clouds formed from evaporation, then they should form just above the surface of the ocean.
The air on the ground is warmer than the air around clouds, so we should see more clouds at ground level, according to their theory.
1 RecoveringGrace 2017-08-03
Ok, but we can observe the fact that water does indeed evaporate. Where do you think that water goes if it doesn't become vapor in the air?
1 factsnotfeelings 2017-08-03
It just mixes in with the rest of the air. It doesn't become a cloud.
1 MrNiceDude 2017-08-03
Then the air would become saturated with vapour, the oceans would dry up and there would be a runaway greenhouse effect. Why doesn't it rain from clouds? Because that's where the water vapour is...
1 I_Am_Teach 2017-08-03
Come on man.
1 quetz4 2017-08-03
Take the time to do a simple google search before you claim things are unknown or don't make sense.
https://www.livescience.com/39069-why-are-rain-clouds-dark.html
1 factsnotfeelings 2017-08-03
That's the explanation given by the article. If a white cloud gains transparent water, it shouldn't suddenly turn grey.
If I pour water into a transparent balloon, would the balloon suddenly turn grey? No.
1 MrNiceDude 2017-08-03
Why is a cloud white and not transparent then?
1 factsnotfeelings 2017-08-03
I have no idea. The mainstream explanation is that clouds are partially made of dust.
Maybe clouds are a different form of air. Ice is transparent at low temperatures, but as it warms up, it becomes opaque.
Maybe this is the kind of transformation which air goes through when it becomes a cloud.
Maybe clouds are completely different to air. I have no idea.
1 MrNiceDude 2017-08-03
Yes I've read that water vapour molecules and tiny ice crystals can form around dust particles.
The explanation I have read is that water molecules scatter all wavelengths of light, thus appearing white. They appear darker the higher they are, or when they are more dense. Density is mass X volume, so if a cloud gathers more water vapour and mantains a similar volume then it's density increases. This increase causes more of the scattered wight light to be blocked and the cloud appears to darken.
1 MrNiceDude 2017-08-03
Yes I've read that water vapour molecules and tiny ice crystals can form around dust particles.
The explanation I have read is that water molecules scatter all wavelengths of light, thus appearing white. They appear darker the higher they are, or when they are more dense. Density is mass X volume, so if a cloud gathers more water vapour and mantains a similar volume then it's density increases. This increase causes more of the scattered wight light to be blocked and the cloud appears to darken.
1 MrNiceDude 2017-08-03
Yes I've read that water vapour molecules and tiny ice crystals can form around dust particles.
The explanation I have read is that water molecules scatter all wavelengths of light, thus appearing white. They appear darker the higher they are, or when they are more dense. Density is mass X volume, so if a cloud gathers more water vapour and mantains a similar volume then it's density increases. This increase causes more of the scattered wight light to be blocked and the cloud appears to darken.
1 MrNiceDude 2017-08-03
Yes I've read that water vapour molecules and tiny ice crystals can form around dust particles.
The explanation I have read is that water molecules scatter all wavelengths of light, thus appearing white. They appear darker the higher they are, or when they are more dense. Density is mass X volume, so if a cloud gathers more water vapour and mantains a similar volume then it's density increases. This increase causes more of the scattered wight light to be blocked and the cloud appears to darken.
1 MrNiceDude 2017-08-03
Yes I've read that water vapour molecules and tiny ice crystals can form around dust particles.
The explanation I have read is that water molecules scatter all wavelengths of light, thus appearing white. They appear darker the higher they are, or when they are more dense. Density is mass X volume, so if a cloud gathers more water vapour and mantains a similar volume then it's density increases. This increase causes more of the scattered wight light to be blocked and the cloud appears to darken.
1 MrNiceDude 2017-08-03
Yes I've read that water vapour molecules and tiny ice crystals can form around dust particles.
The explanation I have read is that water molecules scatter all wavelengths of light, thus appearing white. They appear darker the higher they are, or when they are more dense. Density is mass X volume, so if a cloud gathers more water vapour and mantains a similar volume then it's density increases. This increase causes more of the scattered wight light to be blocked and the cloud appears to darken.
1 MrNiceDude 2017-08-03
Yes I've read that water vapour molecules and tiny ice crystals can form around dust particles.
The explanation I have read is that water molecules scatter all wavelengths of light, thus appearing white. They appear darker the higher they are, or when they are more dense. Density is mass X volume, so if a cloud gathers more water vapour and mantains a similar volume then it's density increases. This increase causes more of the scattered wight light to be blocked and the cloud appears to darken.
1 MrNiceDude 2017-08-03
Yes I've read that water vapour molecules and tiny ice crystals can form around dust particles.
The explanation I have read is that water molecules scatter all wavelengths of light, thus appearing white. They appear darker the higher they are, or when they are more dense. Density is mass X volume, so if a cloud gathers more water vapour and mantains a similar volume then it's density increases. This increase causes more of the scattered wight light to be blocked and the cloud appears to darken.
1 MrNiceDude 2017-08-03
Yes I've read that water vapour molecules and tiny ice crystals can form around dust particles.
The explanation I have read is that water molecules scatter all wavelengths of light, thus appearing white. They appear darker the higher they are, or when they are more dense. Density is mass X volume, so if a cloud gathers more water vapour and mantains a similar volume then it's density increases. This increase causes more of the scattered wight light to be blocked and the cloud appears to darken.
1 MrNiceDude 2017-08-03
Yes I've read that water vapour molecules and tiny ice crystals can form around dust particles.
The explanation I have read is that water molecules scatter all wavelengths of light, thus appearing white. They appear darker the higher they are, or when they are more dense. Density is mass X volume, so if a cloud gathers more water vapour and mantains a similar volume then it's density increases. This increase causes more of the scattered wight light to be blocked and the cloud appears to darken.
1 MrNiceDude 2017-08-03
Yes I've read that water vapour molecules and tiny ice crystals can form around dust particles.
The explanation I have read is that water molecules scatter all wavelengths of light, thus appearing white. They appear darker the higher they are, or when they are more dense. Density is mass X volume, so if a cloud gathers more water vapour and mantains a similar volume then it's density increases. This increase causes more of the scattered wight light to be blocked and the cloud appears to darken.
1 MrNiceDude 2017-08-03
Yes I've read that water vapour molecules and tiny ice crystals can form around dust particles.
The explanation I have read is that water molecules scatter all wavelengths of light, thus appearing white. They appear darker the higher they are, or when they are more dense. Density is mass X volume, so if a cloud gathers more water vapour and mantains a similar volume then it's density increases. This increase causes more of the scattered wight light to be blocked and the cloud appears to darken.
1 MrNiceDude 2017-08-03
Yes I've read that water vapour molecules and tiny ice crystals can form around dust particles.
The explanation I have read is that water molecules scatter all wavelengths of light, thus appearing white. They appear darker the higher they are, or when they are more dense. Density is mass X volume, so if a cloud gathers more water vapour and mantains a similar volume then it's density increases. This increase causes more of the scattered wight light to be blocked and the cloud appears to darken.
1 MrNiceDude 2017-08-03
Yes I've read that water vapour molecules and tiny ice crystals can form around dust particles.
The explanation I have read is that water molecules scatter all wavelengths of light, thus appearing white. They appear darker the higher they are, or when they are more dense. Density is mass X volume, so if a cloud gathers more water vapour and mantains a similar volume then it's density increases. This increase causes more of the scattered wight light to be blocked and the cloud appears to darken.
1 YoureAllRobots 2017-08-03
OK, so think of it this way. All those things are like little mirrors, they each reflect light, so it creates a funhouse of mirrors. This prevents light from passing through the object, thus you get the shadowy dark effect of certain clouds.
1 3chordsandthetruth 2017-08-03
That's the point. The established explanation doesn't make sense
1 mabris 2017-08-03
Why is snow white, but when viewed under a microscope snowflakes are transparent? Answer that, and you'll have your answer about clouds.
1 quetz4 2017-08-03
Clouds aren't just water. They have a lot of other solid particles as well as ice and snow in them which is why they are white. Storm clouds tend to be very tall which means light doesn't penetrate all the way through causing them to darken.
1 cryospam 2017-08-03
OK, so the occlusion of light that you get in a "clear balloon" would be minimal because the water is liquid and at it's most dense. When you freeze (into ice droplets) the crystal formations that are created are no longer transparent. The density of the mass of water, liquid in a balloon vs various states of matter in the cloud is what determines how transparent the mass of water is.
1 3chordsandthetruth 2017-08-03
Yeah that doesn't make sense
1 quetz4 2017-08-03
What part doesn't make sense?
1 ermanito 2017-08-03
Fucking clouds. How do they work?
1 flip-trick 2017-08-03
Fuckin clouds. How do they work?
1 ScotchmanWhoDrinketh 2017-08-03
This might help you out a bit.
How This Artist Makes Perfect Clouds Indoors | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/2015/06/berdnaut-smilde-nimbus/
1 Blend_Master 2017-08-03
I'm not going to make fun of you like everyone else because your questions genuinely did make me think
1 Fishmanz 2017-08-03
I recommend reading about electric universe theory. I think clouds are created by plasma, grounding to earth, in dark discharge mode.
1 elasto 2017-08-03
I wouldn't call them droplets because they are smaller than that. Maybe call them "micro droplets". We do have mist nozzles that crate a "fog" of water at Disneyland and other parks. The droplets are so small that they move around like fog and air currents can sometimes carry them upward.
Also the water droplets in clouds get contaminated by dust and bacteria. There are scientists studying the whole bacterial ecosystem of the bacteria that just exist in cloud water droplets.
Now a guess on why some clouds are darker. Water refracts light so you see less light in more dense clouds, and this appears dark to your eyes.
1 King-Hell 2017-08-03
Just look at the creation of a hailstone. A drop of water freezes but doesn't fall to earth. Instead it flies up and down in the cloud building up layers of new ice until it's the size of a golf ball. There's a lot of wind energy in a cloud.
1 FORKinmyDICK 2017-08-03
No one likes to entertain ideas for fun anymore.
1 overtaxedoverworked 2017-08-03
Your blog is incorrectly named.
1 cryospam 2017-08-03
Dude...please share...whatever it is that you have...it seems like it's amazing
Pick up a 5th grade science textbook, it will explain how clouds work.
1 I_Am_Teach 2017-08-03
What in the fuck is this?
1 MrNiceDude 2017-08-03
Nah mate, he'll only get the answer he wants by asking the conspiracy community