Cloudspotting
2010-04-26 | 98 minutes
Plot Summary
This 90-minute documentary brings to life Gavin Pretor-Pinney’s international bestseller, “The Cloudspotter’s Guide”, which draws on science, meteorology and mythology for a magical journey through the world of clouds. It is no dry treatise on the science of nephology but a playful trip through the varied beauty and distinctive personalities of the ten principal cloud types From the ethereal cirrus to the terrifying cumulonimbus, the film tells the story of the short but eventful life of clouds and their importance to our planet. Find out how immense quantities of water can stay up in the sky for so long and how lightning and thunder are created.
Cast
Recommendations
Similar Movies
-
The Man Who Wanted to Change the World
-
In The Womb
-
The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey
-
Pyramid
-
Speech: Using Your Voice
-
An Inconvenient Truth
-
The Secret Science of Sewage
-
Rich Media, Poor Democracy
-
Another World
-
Conversation on a Train
-
Road to the Stars
-
Škůdce
-
Electricity Management
-
Jerome Lejeune - To the Least of My Brothers and Sisters
-
Genesis
-
Fresh As a Daisy
-
Phone
-
Arrowhead
-
The Creeping Garden
-
Wordsworth Country