Show storm viewed from above the cloa U professor john wise the eminent american ae aeronaut who lost his life in making a balloon aseen ascension sion on sept 28 1879 gives the following description of a thur thunder der storm which he once viewed from the topside the vie view of a storm cloud from above Is one of the most into interesting resting sights ever beheld by mortal man A storm viewed from above the clouds has ha s the appearance pe arance of ebullition the upper surface of the cloud Is bulged upward and outward and has the resemblance of a vast sea of boiling heaving up snow immediately above the storm cloud the air is not so cold as it is in the clearer atmosphere above or in the cloud itself the falling of the rain can be distinctly heard making a noise like a waterfall over a precipice the thunder heard above a storm cloud is not oud and the flashes of lightning appear like streaks on intensely white light on the surface of the gray colored vapor |