On Sun, Apr 21, 2024 at 8:11 PM Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many <[email protected]> wrote: > > > why do you think it is that, although clouds are made of water hanging > > from particles of dirt, they stay up in the sky rather than falling > > down to the ground? > > https://www.google.com/search?q=why+don%27t+clouds+fall > > > Even though a cloud weighs tons, it doesn't fall on you because the > > rising air responsible for its formation keeps the cloud floating in the > > air. > > The air below the cloud is denser than the cloud, thus the cloud floats > > on top of the denser air nearer the land surface. > a featured snippet by google search from > https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/a-cloud-can-weigh-much-airplane-why-doesnt-it-fall#:~:text=Even%20though%20a%20cloud%20weighs,air%20nearer%20the%20land%20surface. > > uhhh so one thing I'm thinking, is that if clouds weigh tons they must > be very spread out, very opposite-of-dense, so as to be lighter than > the air below them. > > so uhhh why are there huge ris > 15/24
16/24 ok i think i figured it air, in general, has areas that float up high clouds happen to be in those areas, and are spread thinly enough that they don't increase the mass of the areas so much that they no longer float up high that is, the amount a cloud weight per cubic volume is less than the variation of density there is of air in the atmosphere. tada!
