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... cumulus , but coarser and lower in the atmosphere , is ALTO - CUMULUS , in which the cloudlets are larger and show shadows . It has one particularly interesting , not to say useful , form , called turret cloud , or , more scientifically ...
... cumulus , but coarser and lower in the atmosphere , is ALTO - CUMULUS , in which the cloudlets are larger and show shadows . It has one particularly interesting , not to say useful , form , called turret cloud , or , more scientifically ...
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... CUMULUS is the lumpy grey cloud that often covers the sky for days at a time in winter , producing the condition most aptly termed ' anti- cyclonic gloom , ' though , when this cloud is less con- tinuous , it may enhance the beauty of ...
... CUMULUS is the lumpy grey cloud that often covers the sky for days at a time in winter , producing the condition most aptly termed ' anti- cyclonic gloom , ' though , when this cloud is less con- tinuous , it may enhance the beauty of ...
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... Cumulus may also be formed by the forced ascent of warm moist air , undercut by a cold current . To this is due the ... cumulus may become strato - cumulus at nightfall , and cirrus or cirro - stratus change into cirro - cumulus . In ...
... Cumulus may also be formed by the forced ascent of warm moist air , undercut by a cold current . To this is due the ... cumulus may become strato - cumulus at nightfall , and cirrus or cirro - stratus change into cirro - cumulus . In ...
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CLOUDLAND | 57 |
THE DROPS THAT WATER THE EARTH | 82 |
THE THUNDERSTORM | 109 |
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