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The sky provides the greatest free show on Earth according to veteran
American meteorologist John Day, alias Cloudman. Check out his ethereal website
at www.cloudman.com, where in addition to ogling some gorgeous cloudy skyscapes,
you can find out about Luke Howard, Britain’s first meteorologist who gave
clouds their Latin names almost 200 years ago. Many textbooks relegate Howard to
the occasional footnote and, as far as Netropolitan knows, Cloudman is the best
source on this king of the cumulus outside the library of Britain’s
Meteorological Office. So let’s hear it for the Net as a historical source.

Cloudman also offers…

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