In the early 1960s, researchers tried firing rockets trailing wires into thunderclouds to set up an easy discharge path for the huge electric charges that these clouds generate.

在20世纪60年代早期，研究人员试图将火箭尾部的电线发射到雷云中，以便于为这些雷云产生的巨大电荷建立一个简单的放电路径。

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Clouds of teal barrel southwards. A couple of weeks later the first ice appears, the hydrofoil service is suspended and Nikolaevsk will not see another boat until early June.

在10月初，苏联时期的水翼船震颤着穿过大片荒地，河岸上成排的白桦只会被偶尔出现的露营地打断，成群的水鸭像乌云般像南飞去，几个星期过后，冰的痕迹第一次出现了，水翼船也停止了服务，一直到翌年的六月初，才能在伊古拉耶夫斯克（Nikolaevsk）再次看到其他船的身影。

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As we went up the rough mountainous path in the early morning, we beheld piercing sunlight and drifting clouds that turned the skyline into a huge ink-wash painting.

当我们在清晨踏上崎岖的山路时，我们看到了穿透下来的阳光和漂浮的云朵，天际线变成一幅巨大的水墨画。

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It may have taken five days to get to Number 10 Downing Street, the official residence and office of the Prime Minister, but the silver Jaguar that whisked him there was a genuine silver lining against the early morning gray clouds.

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By the early 19th century no one had yet harnessed clouds with words.

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