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Cloud and bubble chambers
A good explanation of early particle detectors: cloud and bubble chambers. Aimed at A level students.

Observing the world of particles
Introduction to earlier particle detectors including nuclear emulsions, cloud, bubble, and multiwire chambers.

Fly Along With NASA's Cloud Hunters
A behind the scenes look at the airborne laboratory trying to pin down the two biggest uncertainties in climate models, aerosols and clouds.

Every cloud has a filthy lining
An article talking about the role microscopic particles in the air play in helping clouds form.

Behold the marvel of nature that is a cloudbow
A cloudbow or an iridescent cloud is the beautiful effect caused by the refraction of sunlight through water droplets in clouds.

7-Foot Bubble Chamber
Description of the first particle detector of its type at Brookhaven in which the chamber through which the particles passed was surrounded by a superconducting magnet.

Bubble Chamber
Device for detecting charged particles and other radiation by means of tracks of bubbles left in a chamber filled with liquid hydrogen or other liquefied gas.

How Much Does a Cloud Weigh?
Ever wondered how much a cloud weighs and how it says in the air. Read this article to find out more.