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Wow, clouds are heavy!
by taneq 3y ago
Wow, clouds are heavy!
- defrost 3y agoSeems light, An average 1 km3 cloud has 500000 kg of water droplets. I reckon the tropical monsoon clouds I grew up with in the wet season were larger and held a whole more.
- HPsquared 3y agoCounterintuitively clouds are heavy, in a way, because they're so large. The Sun is another interesting (size * density) example. The Sun's "power per unit volume" is only about the same as a compost pile. But because it's so large, this is enough to keep it glowing brightly.