GLOBE Observer - Clouds

Published: April 12, 2023, 6:36 p.m.

I was recently reading the March/April 2023 issue of \u201cScience Scope\u201d a publication of the National Science Teaching Association.\xa0\xa0In this issue, I read the \u201cScope on the Skies\u201d column, written by Bob Riddle.\xa0\xa0He wrote an article entitled, \u201cCastles in the Sky.\u201d

Bob jokingly talks about people suffering from Pareidolia, a human condition that has us seeing familiar patterns or images as we look around us.\xa0\xa0This, of course, is not a serious condition, but helps to explain the things we see when looking at puffy cumulus clouds.\xa0\xa0This provided a lead into the citizen science project of studying clouds using the GLOBE Observer app, provided by the GLOBE Program.\xa0\xa0To learn more about the GLOBE Observer app, visit:

https://observer.globe.gov