photo: urbeingrecorded.comMurmuration
Starlings jet-streaming
whispering to clouds passing by,
mapping clutters of condensation nuclei,
trapping droplets of rain ~
a tear in the flutter of God’s eye
Jet-streaming starlings teaming with earth
murmuring to creation a burst of sensation,
a commemoration for you and I
and for Starlings,
in the murmuration flying by
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I think "Mapping clusters of condensation nuclei" just blew my mind. I have to call Bill Nye the Science Guy just to figure this out.
ReplyDeleteCloud condensation nuclei or CCNs (also known as cloud seeds) are small particles typically 0.2 µm, or 1/100 th the size of a cloud droplet [1]) about which cloud droplets coalesce. Water requires a non-gaseous surface to make the transition from a vapour to a liquid. In the atmosphere, this surface presents itself as tiny solid or liquid particles called CCNs. When no CCNs are present, water vapour can be supercooled below 0 °C (32 °F) before droplets spontaneously form (this is the basis of the cloud chamber for detecting subatomic particles). In above freezing temperatures the air would have to be supersaturated to around 400% before the droplets could form. The concept of cloud condensation nuclei has led to the idea of cloud seeding, that tries to encourage rainfall by seeding the air with condensation nuclei. It has further been suggested that creating such nuclei could be used for marine cloud brightening, a geoengineering technique.
ReplyDelete...short for "cloud seeds"
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