Atmospheric Cloud Segmentation is Caused By Gravitational Momentum

My experiments with painted balloons have finally revealed the cause of the mysteriously and previously unexplained common phenomenon of atmospheric cloud segmentation.

Earth’s atmosphere contains gases, liquids, and solids.

As its upward gravitational momentum causes Earth’s surface to expand these three atmospheric substances behave differently. The solid particles stay where they are above a point on the surface. The gases are single molecules of Nitrogen, Oxygen, Argon, Carbon Dioxide and water molecules. These are all mostly moving at the speed of sound and can easily adjust to evenly fill the extra space created by Earth’s expanding surface. This is not true for the liquids in the atmosphere that are mostly in the form of tiny droplets of water within atmospheric clouds. Compared to rapidly moving gas molecules these droplets are either at positions of rest or moving extremely slow.

Even the smallest water droplets contain millions and millions of molecules and can have a masses millions of times greater than individual gas molecules. As a result they are unable to evenly move into the newly expanding gravitational space. The expansion causes the water droplets to become concentrated into smaller and denser individual clouds.

To duplicate and demonstrate this process of cloud segmentation, I painted a large half-way inflated blue balloon with a thick coat of white paint.

After letting the paint dry for a couple of days I inflated the balloon to twice its size. This caused the paint to crack into small sections that closely resembled atmospheric cloud segmentation.

When I compared photos of my painted balloon with the many cloud segmentation photos I had take over the years,I found a remarkable correlation between the patterns in clouds and the patterns of cracked paint on my balloon.

Clouds over Texas Painted BalloonJames Carter 1 James Carter 2