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Lightning over a farm field. Weather electricity thunderstorm light energy tree
Facts You Should Know: Weather Quiz
Umbrella colored like a rainbow sticking out above a sea of black umbrellas while it rains. (storm, weather)
Weather Words Vocabulary Quiz
rain. Child in the rain, wearing a rain coat, under a yellow umbrella. April Showers weather climate rain storm water drops
April Showers to March’s Lions and Lambs
ten types of clouds and their elevation: cirrus, cirrocumulus, cirrostratus, altocumulus, altostratus, nimbostratus, stratocumulus, stratus, cumulus, cumulonimbus
Earth’s Atmosphere and Clouds
Thunderstorm cumulonimbus clouds above Montana. weather storm thunderstorm atmospheric disturbance cumulonimbus clouds thunder and lightning Homepage blog 2011, science and technology
Clouds and Cloud Types
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Flower. Fruit tree. Cherry. Cherry tree. Cherry blossom. Spring. Close-up of cherry blossoms in bloom.
The Perils of an Early Spring
Earth from space. Full-hemisphere views of the Earth showing Hurricane Linda at its peak approaching Baja California on 1997 September 11.
What Is Earth’s Velocity?
Solar system illustration. (planets; sun)
Why Are Planets Round?
Lightning over the outskirts of Oradea, Rom., during the thunderstorm of August 17, 2005.
16 Questions About Earth’s Atmsophere and Weather Answered
Lightning over a farm field. Weather electricity thunderstorm light energy tree
Can Lightning Strike the Same Place Twice?
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Hemp (Cannabis sativa).
9 Mind-Altering Plants
Andrew Jackson delivering a speech while on his way to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration in 1829. From Harper's Weekly, 1881.
5 Remarkably Close U.S. Presidential Elections
Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
12 Greek Gods and Goddesses
Abstract vector hi speed internet technology background
History of Technology Timeline
Indian hijras participate in a religious procession in Gandhinagar, India, some 30 kilometers from Ahmedabad, on March 22, 2017. Hijra is a term used in South Asia which refers to transgender individuals who are born male. (gender identity, gender expression)
6 Cultures That Recognize More than Two Genders
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Why We Celebrate MLK Day
Demystified - Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide? illustration
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noctilucent cloud: References & Edit History

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Video added. May 31, 2023
Invalidated site: NASA Earth Observatory - Noctilucent Clouds. Feb 25, 2019
Text added mentioning the role of meteor smoke and high-altitude methane in the development of noctilucent clouds. Dec 18, 2012
Media added. Aug 07, 2009
Added new Web site: NASA - Earth Observatory - Noctilucent Clouds. Jan 11, 2008
Added new Web site: NASA Earth Observatory - Noctilucent Clouds. Jan 11, 2008
Added new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Nacreous and Noctilucent Clouds. Jan 10, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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