I have my head in the clouds again...

How do clouds defy gravity?

Just like tiny dust particles that float on the air, seemingly defying gravity as they dance in the light, these clouds hang suspended in the sky — for a time. ... Eventually, the droplets in the clouds are heavy enough to be pulled down by gravity— and that's rain!

 Courtesy of the Cloud Appreciation Society! A dog raises his paw up over Pag, Croazia

CLOUD HAIKU BY CINDY MARTEK-MEDINA

Cindy Medina from Las Cruces, NM has sent two whimsical haiku poems for us to enjoy. We’ve paired these with a photograph submitted by Fiorella Lacono.

Billows of softness:
Storm cloud’s pillowy features
at odds with cacti.

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Quartet of planets
seem a row of lighthouses
for drifting cloud ships.

(Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars)

© Cindi Bartek-Medina