Every day is a cloudy day on Jupiter, the Solar System's reigning gas giant. This 3-dimensional visualization presents a simplified model view from between Jovian cloud decks based on imaging and spectral data recorded by the Galileo...

A matching game where students match the pictures of the clouds with the name of their type.

Students work together to learn how to identify clouds. They take pictures, create models, and identify various forms of clouds. Since this is an immersion setting, students also learn the names of the clouds in the German language.

Learn what clouds are made of and how they are formed. Also learn the characteristics and view pictures of different types of clouds including cirrus, cirrocumulus, cirrostratus, altostratus, altocumulus, cumulus, cumulonimbus, stratus,...

In this slider picture puzzle, try and put the pieces in the correct place to see all types of different clouds.

A great slideshow of pictures of Red Cloud and his Uncle's Shirt courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.

This interesting site briefly defines stratus clouds. It also contains pictures of stratus clouds in different environments (city, mountainous region, over water, etc.) which is very interesting.

This animation, in a storybook format, tells the various types of clouds (stratus, cirrus, nimbus) through a picture poem.

Changes in the atmosphere of Neptune as recorded by the Hubble Space Telescope.

What happens when a snowball hits a huge ball of gas? When Comet Shoemaker Levy 9 hit Jupiter, it was swallowed up in the atmosphere, leaving huge temporary impact scars. Here is an image that shows the large dark marks and how they...

This is a great site from the Iowa State University. This page is a collection of cloud pictures. You view the picture and then click on the text to see what the author thinks the cloud looks like. You can classify the clouds yourself.

An interesting formation of clouds settles in for the afternoon in front of an otherwise blue sky.

This site provides a brief explanation of stratus clouds supplemented with pictures. Links are provided to other cloud topics.

This site provides a to the point definition of cirrus clouds supplemented with a picture.

Photos of Venus' surface and cloud tops. Includes 3-D surface views. Thumbnail images load quickly and link to larger files for more detail.

Climate Kids thoroughly covers climate change and global warming. There are videos, games, puzzles (e.g., Cloud Picture Scrambles), interactives (e.g., the Climate Time Machine) and stories (e.g., Climate Tales). An educators' page links...

An image of Red Cloud.

High in the mountains a photographer takes a spectacular image of mountain clouds at what seems like the top of the world.

This unbelievable photo shows an imposing rolling thunder cloud making its way over a city in the Netherlands. It dumps large amounts of water in the process and unleashes spectacular displays of thunder and lightning.

An informative site that briefly describes clouds and cloud formations (pictures included). Contains a number of links to other earth related sites.

An informative site that briefly describes clouds and cloud formations (pictures included). Contains a number of links to other earth related sites.

An informative site that briefly describes clouds and cloud formations (pictures included). Contains a number of links to other earth related sites.

Compare and contrast different types of lightning bolts. A substantial amount of information is provided here including pictures with descriptions for each type of lightning bolt. NOTE: The interactive is no longer available; Click on...

This two-part lesson begins with a lecture which describes the complex process of creation from molecular cloud to planetesimals to planets to organized solar system. The lecture is followed up with a draw/write activity in which the...