Episode guide
Clouds: The Shape Water Borrows
A cloud is a river that has not landed yet. This episode floats through how water climbs invisibly into the sky and what it does up there all day.
The science, gently
- Clouds are made of droplets so small that a million could fit in a single raindrop.
- An ordinary fluffy cloud can weigh as much as a hundred elephants, yet it floats on rising air.
- Fog is simply a cloud that came down to visit the ground.
Wonder together
- What is the best cloud shape you have ever found?
- If you stood inside a cloud, what would you feel?
- Where do you think today's clouds are by now?
Tonight's calm-down
Build one slow cloud in your mind, piece by piece, until it is wide enough to hold every thought you are done with today. Then let the wind take it, thought by thought, out over the sea.