The
cloud bank settled in low that day, then rose about 100 feet an hour.
As the car wound down through the
cloud bank and around the cattle, the lights of Maui's towns were spread out like misty diamonds thousands of feet below -- an Earthbound Milky Way.
He and his co-pilot Mr Phil Woodruffe, from Bristol, who was convicted of the same charge and is also appealing, were flying at 5,000ft under a
cloud bank when they saw a shadow and then a bang as Mr Cassait hit the glider's wing.
A westbound trip on Hawaii's Kona-Kohala Coast on a sun-kissed day takes you into lazy, low-hanging
cloud banks. And when autumn arrives.
The Galileo spacecraft that has studied Jupiter and its moons for the past eight years made one last circuit of the giant gas planet before plunging into its thick
cloud banks at almost 108,000mph.
Galileo dived into Jupiter's thick
cloud banks at almost 108,000mph.
We enjoy watching Fourth of July fireworks turn the
cloud banks red, white, and blue.
The researchers point out that global warming is forecasted to push
cloud banks higher up the mountains, with a 1-2[degrees]C temperature rise likely to raise the height of the cloud layer by 100-200 m.
It also ignores the fact that if a smart weapon has only so-so accuracy under ideal conditions, performance is unlikely to improve in
cloud banks. But all-weather attack is an advanced technological objective, profitable for contractors and enticing to those congressmen whose favorite words about procurement are "gee whiz.' Far more money has been spent pursuing this elusive goal than on improving practical systems that will suit most, though not all, conditions.
The rising and setting of the sun, the vast
cloud banks and breathtaking vistas are all captured beautifully.