Clouds might seem like a nuisance if you’re headed on a Sunday afternoon picnic. But put aside your personal biases for a second and consider this: clouds can also tell the story of life on earth. If ...
Clouds might seem like a nuisance if you’re headed on a Sunday afternoon picnic. But put aside your personal biases for a second and consider this: clouds can also tell the story of life on earth. It ...
Astronomers using data from NASA's Kepler and Spitzer space telescopes have created the first cloud map of a planet beyond our solar system, a sizzling, Jupiter-like world known as Kepler-7b. The ...
Cloudy days can be a bit of a downer. But when you add them all from nearly 13 years of measurements, the bright side becomes more apparent. NASA Earth Observatory just published a map that uses data ...
If you're curious about where clouds tend to hang out, check out this NASA image that shows the Earth's cloudiest and clearest spots. The map shows an average of all the Earth's clouds from July 2002 ...
In icy climates, it’s possible to see “cloud maps.” These are literally maps of the landscape reflected on the sky, in phenomena known as ice blink and water sky. There isn’t too much to block one’s ...
The National Weather Service's sky cover map, updated this morning, projects the amount of opaque clouds expected to block the sky. The map shows 28% cloud cover in Spokane and 36% in Yakima at 11 p.m ...
Cloudy days can be a bit of a downer. But when you add them all from nearly 13 years of measurements, the bright side becomes more apparent. NASA Earth Observatory just published a map that uses data ...