The lightining / rain / storm here the last 2 days

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We do happen to have a natural source for aerosol here on the Big Island and also some from the nearby ocean floor. I see nothing that would indicate there are human deployed aerosols within the frames nor would they be necessary to explain what appears in the frames. I do see as is typical the same sort of cloud formation created from the natural SO 2 aerosols that are almost always present as Kilauea vents. Sometimes the SO 2 keeps low drifting North East and is lifted upward in the oncoming breezes along the North Eastern coast as it combines with oncoming cooler moist air and forms clouds. Other times it drifts low from the vent up the flank of Mauna Loa/Kea and is met by the high cool moist air drifting over Mauna Loa/Kea and water vapor collects on the SO 2 particles making clouds again. Most times, it just drifts upward and South West creating Vog (a lower droplet laden cloud) but sometime creates a continual heavy droplet laden cloud bank from Kilauea to the South West.


There's chemistry involved too, so enjoy -

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news...osols.html

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