Clouds with Virga
Date: | 8.6.2004
| Optics: | f=35mm
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Place: | Tübingen, Germany
| Observer: | Till Credner
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Virga are rain drops or ice crystals falling from a cloud but evaporating
before reaching the ground. Radar systems for detecting rain may be fooled
by low virga.
See also:
Wikipedia article on Virga