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    A satellite photograph taken by NASA.

     On the left hand side cloud streets can be seen, whereas on the right hand side a vortex is formed. Cloud streets are dynamic patterns in that in the individual streets the water vapor molecules are moving upwards or downwards, alternatively. The basic question is: how do the tiny water molecules know how to arrange their concerted movements over many kilometres?
    

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    23:00, 17 April 2008Thumbnail for version as of 23:00, 17 April 20081,496 × 2,263 (593 KB)Tobias Denninger (Talk | contribs)A satellite photograph taken by NASA. On the left hand side cloud streets can be seen, whereas on the right hand side a vortex is formed. Cloud streets are dynamic patterns in that in the individual streets the water vapor molecules are moving upwards o

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