CloudSilicon Canalsabout 8 hours ago
A village-sized cloud weighs 500,000 kilograms
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A fair-weather cumulus cloud one kilometre across holds about 500,000 kilograms of liquid water, the mass of 100 adult African elephants. The cloud stays aloft because the water is dispersed as 20-micrometre droplets through a volume larger than a football stadium, making the cloud lighter than the surrounding dry air.
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