How do we take the word cloud or the object cloud.
In last week I had some good and bad(dangerous) experience with clouds.
Before these events I used to take clouds as the beautiful fractal objects in sky full of turbulence and difficult to understand. I didn't thought much about the topic before.
There are people from different background who ponders about the clouds.
There are many poems which are the results of pondering by the people in literature.
Below is part of the poem By Percy Shelly:
THE CLOUD
I
I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers
From the seas and the streams;
I bear light shade for the leaves when laid
In their noonday dreams.
From my wings are shaken the dews that waken
The sweet buds every one,
When rocked to rest on their Mother's breast,
As she dances about the sun.
I wield the flail of the lashing hail,
And whiten the green plains under;
And then again I dissolve it in rain,
And laugh as I pass in thunder.
If you are interested in poetry and cloud you must read this poem.
People from Science also ponder a lot about clouds and take it as the topic for their research.
Clouds are ultimate aim for the physicist who are interested in understanding turbulence.
Few years back Prof. Roddam Narasimha of JNCASR has developed a setup which can make all the diverse shapes of cloud observable naturally. It is a fascinating research and the result are more fascinating.
For the Meteorologist also understand the clouds in all respect is the ultimate aim. Study of clouds is very important for Indian farmers and therefore for growth of India.
India politics is also concerned about clouds.
As you can see how diverse people can be interested in clouds.
A keen observer always get fascinated by clouds.
Now a days we have cloud mode in most of the digital camera.
I went to Geneva, Switzerland on weekend for touring around. We were expecting a warm sunny day because it was mid of summer in Switzerland. But suddenly cloud appears in the sky from nowhere and cover the entire sky. Thick layer of cloud everywhere with different shape and size. From Large thin coherent structure to the small thick blob. Soon we got into the trouble because temperature came down very quickly and we were not prepared for that mentally and physically.
We were dying out cold and cursing the clouds, discussing the ways to remove them from sky.
We started hating them. By the noon we went for the boat trip in Geneva Lake and it was amazing just because of clouds. Although we were depressed but the view was amazing and we started appreciating the clouds. That day and the following night I took a lot of photographs and just thought about the cloud. My dream was full of clouds, clouds with different shape.
I hate and love cloud at the same time.
