Why are the bottom of clouds flat?

barker111

There not, perhaps children might draw them that way, but there not. http://www.rcn27.dial.pipex.com/cloudsrus/clouds.html Aug 11 05, 10:16 AM

JoshCaleb12

Beg to differ... They do APPEAR to be flat (even though they are not actually flat)... Why? Mainly because clouds begin to form at certain levels above the ground, which are so far away from us, and which distance from ground is generally uniform to begin with... all of which contributes to the illusion that the clouds have flat bottoms. See following website for the official meteorological answer... http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/wea00/wea00041.htm Aug 11 05, 5:01 PM

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