What are clouds made of and why do they float?
Cloud's Floating Trick
What are clouds made of and why do they float?
Look up. That fluffy white thing drifting overhead looks soft and solid, like a pillow you could nap on. Plot twist: it isn't solid at all. A cloud is mostly empty air with a secret hidden inside it.
Here's the secret. A cloud is made of water — but not the splashy kind in your glass. It's made of billions and billions of tiny water droplets, each one far smaller than a grain of salt. Too small to see one on its own. But pack a trillion together, and suddenly you have something white and fluffy you can see from the ground.
