How did clouds get their names? - Richard Hamblyn

The study of clouds has always been a daydreamer’s science, aptly founded by a thoughtful young man whose favorite activity was staring out of the window at the sky. Richard Hamblyn tells the history of Luke Howard, the man who classified the clouds and forever changed humanity’s understanding of these changeable, mysterious objects.

Lesson by Richard Hamblyn, animation by Nick Hilditch.

[NEKRATOS]

This is probably one of the best TED-ED videos I have ever seen.
It's so relaxing I came back to see it again.

[topmcs]

Tell me I am not the only one who cried to this, it's beautiful.

[CybeargPlays]

Heh, his eyebrows look like clouds. Clever.

[everydaytyrone]

I have a cat named Cloud and she had three kittens to which I named, Cumulus, Nimbus, and Cirrus. Sorry, Stratus.

[BeeGeenie]

Cloud watching is Cirrus business.

Thank you, and goodnight.

[spectrum]

Can you imagine his teacher telling him to get his head out of the clouds?....

[lmmortalZodd]

and they say you'd never do anything with your life if you stare out of the window all the time... LIARS

[ieornl]

The background music of this video is so calming.

[adityakhanna]

Wow, it seemed like the whole video was in a single sentence, it just flooowed....

[katruiz]

I am so in love with clouds, they make me giggle, cry, remember the mystery...

Even today, cloud myths endure. The Pueblo of Southwest America worship the Cloud People, supernatural beings from the Underworld who bring rain and moisture to the earth. These Cloud People are the spirits of the deceased who lived a good life, thereby taking on the form of clouds in the afterlife. By properly honoring the dead, the Pueblo - an agricultural people - believe that the Cloud People will grant them rain, thereby nourishing their land.

[kravason]

So clouds aren't floating

They're falling with style

[bbpoltergeist]

I absolutely loved this lesson. Thanks you so much !!

[ericas]

The music in the background was so fitting

[PatySanabria]

One of the most beautiful videos I've ever seen!

[Ravr]

I like the background music for this lesson; easy to the ears and very calm.

[auliaaliyev]

Thank you. Books on aviation I've read before didn't give this crucial concept, making each cloud-type name a separate entity to memorize its characteristics. With this video, it's all interconnected. Thank youuuu

[nagitokomeada]

I can't stop rewatching the part where they take the bit off of the rainbow and cloud.

[ginnygryffindor]

This video is so relaxing, I always watch this before I sleep

[alaskawashington]

I really like his cloud-like hair and eyebrows. always appreciate the illustrative attention to detail in TED-Ed vids :)

[buttermunch]

This guy's eyebrows are clouds o_o