As a component of the Half Moon's Deck Log, students are encouraged to observe the cloud cover above us -- which often varies wildly over the course of a given Voyage of Discovery.
Students learn how to determine the percentage of cloud cover in the sky, and how to identify distinct cloud formations, such as curling cirrus clouds, flat stratus clouds, or puffy cumulus clouds.
This leg of the Voyage of Discovery experienced a wide spectrum of cloud formations (and the precipitation that comes with them), ranging from the overcast, raining skies which opened Day Two to the clear skies which followed us the rest of the way.
