Why do clouds appear fluffy?

Have you ever watched water that starts to boil in a pan? Have you noticed the bubbles of gas at the bottom, suddenly rising? It is the same when the sun heats the surface of the earth that, in turn, was up a layer of air right above it. read more

Fluffy, puffy clouds are almost always the type of cloud known as “cumulus clouds.” They get this name for a good reason: cumulus means “heap” in Latin! Clouds form when tiny, light droplets of water float up into the sky and hold on to each other. read more

Firstly, we would have to understand about the composition of a cloud. It consists of a mass of frozen crystals or very tiny droplets of water that float in the Earth's atmosphere. Clouds always float above the surface of Earth. read more