Category: Environment and Animals
Lenticular Clouds are lens-shaped clouds, and are usually formed at a very high altitude. These clouds can be divided into three categories: altocumulus standing lenticular (ACSL), cirrocumulus standing lenticular (CCSL), and stratocumulus standing lenticular (SCSL)....
Katabatics winds, a word derived from the Greek word ‘katabaticos’, arehigh-density winds that blow downwards from a high elevation due to the force of gravity. These winds are, therefore, also known as ‘Fall Winds’....
Azure is: A color A product by Microsoft Azure is the name of a color that has a bluish tint. It is, in many cases, used in a map to mark a few region. The...
Manhattanhenge, sometimes also referred to as Manhattan Solstice, is biannual natural event, wherein the sunset can be clearly visible from the east-west street of Manhattan’s grid in New York City. This could be said...
Noctilucent clouds are clouds that are not visible during daylight, but in the twilight, as they are quite tenuous. Noctilucent is a Latin word, which can be roughly translated as night shine. These clouds shine...
Mammatus clouds, also known as breast clouds or mammatocumulus, are clouds that float with pouches at the bottom. The name ‘Mammatus’ is derived from the word ‘mamma’, which, in Latin, means breast or udder....
Narmada Bachao Andolan is a mass movement against the Sardar Sarovar Dam that is being constructed on Narmada River in Gujarat, India. This movement was initiated by several rural people including farmers, adivasis, environmentalists, etc....
If there is something fascinating about the planet earth, apart from its natural beauty, it has to be the numerous natural phenomena that occur on its surface, and below it. From rainfall, rainbows, snowfall...