Teachings of Lord Kapila, Ch 17 — […] The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, says in Bhagavad-gita that the natural laws are perfect because of His superintendence. No one should think that nature is working automatically, without superintendence. The Vedic literature says that the clouds are controlled by the demigod Indra, heat is distributed by the sun-god, the soothing moonlight is distributed by Candra and the air is blowing under the arrangement of the demigod Vayu. Full Chapter
"The new clouds eventually rain in unison, too, part of a reorganization cycle that can persist for days, according to the study."
National Geographic: Cloud “Communication”
Published August 20, 2010 — Satellite image courtesy NASA
Wisps of clouds form a honeycomb-like structure (center) over the Peruvian coast (file photo).
Such open-cell marine clouds “communicate” with each other so that they constantly oscillate, or rearrange themselves, in a synchronized pattern, according to a new study from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Inside the thick clouds of the cell walls, water droplets grow, then fall as rain, and the walls dissipate. The raindrops evaporate as they fall, cooling the air, which generates downward air currents.
When the downdrafts hit the ocean surface, they flow outward and collide with each other and “force the air to move upward again” and “form new open cell walls at a different location,” explained study co-author Hailong Wang, a cloud physicist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington.
The new clouds eventually rain in unison, too, part of a reorganization cycle that can persist for days, according to the study.
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