- published: 26 May 2014
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Cloud cover (also known as cloudiness, cloudage or cloud amount) refers to the fraction of the sky obscured by clouds when observed from a particular location. A planet surrounded by cloud cover would become an arctic wasteland while a planet without cloud cover would become a waterless desert where even reptiles are incapable of surviving and thriving (due to an excessive amount of greenhouse gasses and solar radiation that would develop).
Global cloud cover, averaged over the month of October, 2009. The outlines of the continents can often be traced through observations of clouds alone, with the sharpest outlines where very dry land is surrounded by ocean. NASA composite satellite image; larger image available here.
Satellite image based largely on observations from NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on July 11, 2005 of Earth's cloud cover.
Clouds play multiple critical roles in the climate system. In particular, being bright objects in the visible part of the solar spectrum, they efficiently reflect light to space and thus contribute to the cooling of the planet. A small increase in cloud cover could, in principle, balance the heating resulting from greenhouse gases (though this may have other implications as well).
I cannot see
This cloud will not break
It's created suffering
It's what I did
Take me up
It's my desire
Speak to me
Sun bleeds through cloud cover
If darkness comes to me
What should I do?
Is there a chance for me
If I have Your love?
Take me up
It's my desire
Speak to me
Sun bleeds through cloud cover
Just speak to me
I need Your desire
I don't want just to feel it
To know that You know who I am
Take me up
It's my desire
Speak to me
Sun bleeds through cloud cover
Cloud cover
Take me up
It's my desire
Speak to me
Sun bleeds through cloud cover
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You're all
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You're all I see
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