Sentences with phrase «visible cloud deck»

Originally thought to be a large cloud itself, it was later postulated to be a hole in the visible cloud deck.

The presence of water ice, he says, supports the idea that Saturn's superstorms are powered by condensation of water and originate deep in the atmosphere, about 200 kilometers below the visible cloud deck.

Not exact matches

The wave may originate in a clear layer beneath the clouds, only becoming visible when it propagates up into the cloud deck, according to the researchers.

Several dramatic phenomena become visible only when the sun or moon shines through a partially obscuring deck of clouds.