A cumulonimbus cloud is a type of cloud that is tall, dense, and often accompanied by powerful thunderstorms. Cumulonimbus clouds are associated with heavy rain, snow, hail, lightning, and even tornadoes. They are formed from water vapor carried by powerful updrafts. When this vapor reaches a certain height, it cools and condenses into water droplets or ice crystals, forming clouds.
These clouds can extend very high into the atmosphere and are characterized by an anvil-shaped top. This occurs when clouds reach the stable tropopause (the boundary between the troposphere and stratosphere) in the atmosphere.
Pareidolia refers to a psychological phenomenon where the mind perceives a familiar pattern of something that does not actually exist. Common examples include recognizing faces in inanimate objects, such as the front of a car or cloud shapes, or recognizing animals and other recognizable shapes in random patterns, such as rock formations or the surface of the moon.
This phenomenon occurs because the human brain, as part of our evolutionary development, is wired to recognize familiar patterns, especially faces. It is a type of apophenia, a more general term that describes the human tendency to look for patterns in random information. Pareidolia is not considered a disorder or symptom of a mental illness. It is a normal human tendency and is observed to some degree in almost everyone.
