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About arjaybe

Jim has fought forest fires and controlled traffic in the air and on the sea. Now he writes stories.

Stratus

Posted on 2013-08-18 by arjaybe

Cloud of the Day – Stratus Stratus doesn’t have the identity crisis of stratocumulus. While stratocumulus has features of both layer and cumulus (heap) clouds, but is really neither, stratus is a layer cloud all the way. Forming in calm, … Continue reading →

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Indigo

Posted on 2013-08-12 by arjaybe

Prehistory People have been using color for a long time. For tens of thousands, probably for over a hundred thousand years, we’ve been using minerals and vegetable extracts to color our clothing and our environments. We were most likely daubing … Continue reading →

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Stratocumulus

Posted on 2013-08-09 by arjaybe

Cloud of the Day – Stratocumulus Stratocumulus is the gravel of the lower etage.* If meteorology were a landscaper, then it would be spreading stratocumulus all over the place. Stratocumulus is a kind of hybrid between the cumulus clouds, defined … Continue reading →

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