Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow corridors of concentrated water vapor transport in the atmosphere. They often occur when winds from storms over the ocean draw moisture together and project it Keep reading
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Liquid Nitrogen and the Leidenfrost Effect
One of the tried and true cooking tips my mother gave me when I was younger was to test the temperature of my griddle before making pancakes by splashing a Keep reading
Aircraft Contrails
[original media no longer available] Under the right atmospheric conditions, condensation can form, even at low speeds, as moist air is accelerated over airplane wings. This acceleration causes a local Keep reading
Hole-Punch Clouds
These hole-punch clouds seen over Myrtle Beach, SC were probably caused by three aircraft flying in military formation. When airplanes pass through supercooled water vapor, the acceleration of air over Keep reading
Airplanes Creating Snow
Scientists now think that that airplanes may be responsible for increasing local snowfall by flash-freezing supercooled water vapor in clouds. Water droplets can persist in the atmosphere to temperatures of Keep reading