Duration: 4'41''
Gavin Pretor-Pinney introduces cumulonimbus clouds and explains how they produce storms.
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Cirrus clouds | Cloudspotting
Gavin Pretor-Pinney introduces cirrus clouds.
Cloud in a bottle | Cloudspotting
By making a cloud in a bottle, Gavin Pretor-Pinney demonstrates the role that dirty air plays in the formation of clouds.
Clouds | Cloudspotting
Introduction to the importance of clouds.
Cumulus clouds | Cloudspotting
Gavin Pretor-Pinney introduces cumulus clouds and explains what causes them.
Nimbostratus clouds | Cloudspotting
Gavin Pretor-Pinney introduces nimbostratus clouds.
Rain, fog and snow | Cloudspotting
Gavin Pretor-Pinney does an experiment to demonstrate how all rain starts as snow.
Stratocumulus clouds | Cloudspotting
Gavin Pretor-Pinney introduces stratocumulus clouds.
The three basic shapes to clouds | Cloudspotting
Gavin Pretor-Pinney introduces the three basic shapes of clouds: cumulus, cirrus and stratus.
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