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Lightning over a farm field. Weather electricity thunderstorm light energy tree
Facts You Should Know: Weather Quiz
Umbrella colored like a rainbow sticking out above a sea of black umbrellas while it rains. (storm, weather)
Weather Words Vocabulary Quiz
ten types of clouds and their elevation: cirrus, cirrocumulus, cirrostratus, altocumulus, altostratus, nimbostratus, stratocumulus, stratus, cumulus, cumulonimbus
Earth’s Atmosphere and Clouds
Thunderstorm cumulonimbus clouds above Montana. weather storm thunderstorm atmospheric disturbance cumulonimbus clouds thunder and lightning Homepage blog 2011, science and technology
Clouds and Cloud Types
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Airplane in the sky with a trace of steam contrail.
What Is Known (and Not Known) About Contrails
Lightning over the outskirts of Oradea, Rom., during the thunderstorm of August 17, 2005.
16 Questions About Earth’s Atmsophere and Weather Answered
Flower. Fruit tree. Cherry. Cherry tree. Cherry blossom. Spring. Close-up of cherry blossoms in bloom.
The Perils of an Early Spring
Businessman using tablet phone on airplane
Why Do You Have to Turn Off Electronic Devices on an Airplane?
Solar system illustration. (planets; sun)
Why Are Planets Round?
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Facsimile of one of William Henry Ireland's forgeries, a primitive self-portrait of William Shakespeare(tinted engraving). Published for Samuel Ireland, Norfolk Street, Strand, December 1, 1795. (W.H. Ireland, forgery)
The Time a Law Clerk Successfully Forged a New Shakespeare Play to Impress His Dad
Panama Canal infographic
Timeline and Map of the Panama Canal
Ice Sledge Hockey, Hockey Canada Cup, USA (left) vs Canada, 2009. UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver, BC, competition site for Olympic ice hockey and Paralympic ice sledge hockey. Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Vancouver Olympics
10 Best Hockey Players of All Time
Coriander leaves, fresh green cilantro on wooden background, herbs
Why Does Cilantro Taste Like Soap to Some People?
The Prado Museum facade at the Diego Velaszquez memorial. Established in 1819, the museum is considered the best collection of Spanish art and one of the world's finest collections of European art. Madrid, Spain
20 Paintings You Have to Visit at the Museo del Prado in Madrid
Saint Lucia Day. Young girl wears Lucia crown (tinsel halo) with candles. Holds Saint Lucia Day currant laced saffron buns (lussekatter or Lucia's cats). Observed December 13 honor virgin martyr Santa Lucia (St. Lucy). Luciadagen, Christmas, Sweden
7 Winter Solstice Celebrations From Around the World
World Data Locator Map: Australia
Is Australia an Island?

contrail: References & Edit History

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Add new Web site: CORE - Contrail Formation: Analysis of Sublimation Mechanisms. Nov 23, 2024
Add new Web site: Nature - Nature Communications - Formation and radiative forcing of contrail cirrus. Sep 16, 2024
Add new Web site: Penn State Institute of Energy and the Environment - Growing Impact: Contrails and climate change. Jul 22, 2024
Add new Web site: Space.com - Contrails: What are they and how do they form? Apr 19, 2024
Added material about contrail formation. Mar 25, 2020
In the discussion of a conspiracy theory, added a space between "the" and "1990s." Aug 11, 2018
Add new Web site: Federal Aviation Administration - Aircraft Contrails Factsheet. Aug 09, 2018
Add new Web site: National Weather Service - Western Region Headquarters - What Is a Contrail and How Does It Form? Aug 09, 2018
Add new Web site: National Weather Service - Western Region Headquarters - What Is a Contrail and How Does It Form? Aug 09, 2018
Add new Web site: National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Contrails. Aug 09, 2018
Changed article title from "vapour trail" to "contrail." Aug 06, 2018
Added material about the chemtrail theory. Aug 06, 2018
Corrected display issue. May 23, 2018
Media added. Aug 14, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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