구름이 피어나는 소리

새하얀 모래 사막, 그 아래 호수가 잠들어 있다. 매년 빗줄기과 함께 수 백개의 호수가 퐁퐁 솟아 오르고 빛줄기가 강해지면 사막은 호수를 발 아래 꼭꼭 숨겨 둔다. 제자리를 지키는 두 개의 오아시스와 매년 돌아 오는 작은 물고기들 브라질, 렌소이스 사막 Lençóis Maranhenses National Park Clouds turn to rain when water droplets and ice crystals that make them up get too big to resist the pull of Earth’s gravity. This is often caused by particles that disturb the maelstrom of droplets and crystals to become ..

"As I gaze out of the window at a particularly lofty cloud that’s passing in the distance, I can’t help wondering. Maybe some microbes have evolved to get themselves into the air, and make clouds, altering the atmosphere in the process. We don’t know yet. But just as corals build land, and microbes and earthworms make soil, perhaps this is another example of the many ways in which life sculpts o..