# cloud size

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloud-size/110393>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 22, 2002, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloud-size/110393 "2002-05-22T23:41:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![welloso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4491bb/32.png) [@welloso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welloso)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloud-size/110393/1 "2002-05-22T23:41:23Z")

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hi . when we look in the sky , and its all cloud , how big is that cloud? what if the cloud takes half the sky? and a quarter? etc etc??

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**Author:** ![DarrenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloud-size/110393/2 "2002-05-22T23:56:02Z")

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Cecil addresses this [here](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a980313a.html).