✨ Wonder

A Cloud's Hidden Weight

A light, fluffy cloud looks like the lightest thing in the world. But zoom in, and you find thousands of tiny water droplets — about 500 tonnes in all. And still it floats.

Looks light … … but full of tiny drops ≈ 500 tonnes of water And still it floats same water. invisible weight. a floating riddle. Blobby wonders …
Water droplets
The cloud
Warm air that lifts
≈ 500 t
water in an ordinary summer cloud
100
elephants weigh about the same
≈ 0.5 g
water in every cubic metre of cloud