Many species of bacteria have been collected from clouds, along with the spores of a variety of fungi.
"Rogue waves", which had moved so quickly they could not be distinguished from clouds, had crashed across the vessel, finally damaging the accommodation pod and endangering the lives of those on board.
But at least one new survey (sponsored by Microsoft, by the way) finds that enterprise IT managers see private clouds as a world apart from public clouds.
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The tie-in is related to the height in the atmosphere from which clouds radiate infrared radiation to space.
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For the start of ACT THREE , Venus comes down from the clouds.
This wire draws down "electrical fire" from the clouds, the charge being conducted earthward along the kite's rain-soaked string.
Some had suggested putting filters on top of skyscrapers to filter air pollution from the clouds, but were met with laughter.
It was colder than ever now, but the sky had cleared, and a bright moon had emerged from the clouds, cold and white in a pool of indigo sky right above the garden.
In doing this, I've got deeply involved in the full process from recycling the water from the clouds, bringing it down, filtering it, using it domestically, in low quantity and with grey water products outpouring from the house that goes straight into the crops that we are growing.
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But can arts really blow away the clouds from the perfect storm battering the UK economy?
Last month, volcanic ash clouds from Iceland grounded flights for six days.
Public clouds from the likes of Amazon, Google and Microsoft simply are not enough to satisfy all the computing needs of enterprise IT organizations.
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So, those who manage the airspace above us go to great lengths to keep aircraft well away from the ash clouds that form during an eruption.
Keep in mind that Yakushima is a place of extremes: the mountains wring every last drop of moisture from the passing clouds and the interior of the island is one of the wettest places in Japan.
By studying these clouds from every angle and at every point in their life cycle, researchers hope to learn more about how these storms, which can drive air more than 13km above the Earth's surface, will contribute to climate change in a warming environment.
Getting there involves a heady mix of chicken buses and trucks (all under the watchful companionship of Rivera), but as the ridges of the mountains start to emerge from behind the clouds of dust, and then emerge some more, it is clear this is a special place.
He has recently returned from California trailing clouds of disgrace, and Henry understands that Edward wishes to put his indiscretions behind him, wants only to resume his life in New England, to finish his final year at Harvard and savor the long, promising foreshadow of days yet unspent.
People in panic and fear racing from the scene in clouds of dust and smoke.
All of a sudden the clouds changed from mist to an aurora, I will never forget it.
Exhaust gases from shipping already brighten clouds over various bits of the ocean, and in so doing are thought to cool the Earth appreciably.
In other words, cloud seeding is designed to produce and store water from moisture-dense clouds in preparation for a drought but not necessarily to end one.
That makes the telescope ideally suited for studying the formation of stars and galaxies, previously shrouded from astronomical view by clouds of impenetrable cosmic debris, and compiling a detailed analysis of their chemistry.
Leading up to the jump, I'd had to wait for three frustrating days for the cloud cover coming from the Tasman Sea to clear clouds not only spoil the view, but prevent jumpers from spotting their landing zones.
These open source private clouds are far from the only solutions companies are pursuing.
On a clear day you can see 80 miles and five states and on an overcast one you are floating in the clouds, detached from the world below.
The set will feature real grass, an oak tree and "clouds" suspended from wires above the stadium - one of which will produce rain, provided the British weather does not provide its own on the night.
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Oil from the mile-deep well may be collecting in underwater clouds, potentially endangering a cornucopia of life from the sea floor to the surface, preliminary sampling by university researchers suggests.
Images of the blast posted on Twitter revealed large clouds of smoke billowing from the building.
Admirers spilled out the back and sides of the tent as puffy clouds of smoke rose from the crowd.
The summit greets us with a vista arranged from snow and ice, water and clouds.
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