Let's Make a Cloud

© Judd Patterson (Photo #484)

Date: July 1, 2005
Location: Salina, Kansas
Country: United States

Comments: As farmers burn wheat stubble in mid-summer, the conditions may be right for localized cloud formation. If the hot, rising air reaches a lot of moisture in the atmosphere, it may kick off a cumulus cloud or two. This particular cloud formed and dissipated in a matter of 15 minutes.