Dubai Creates Rain By 'Shocking The Clouds' ☁️
By Fortune Osagie
2 years ago
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*Drone technology used to give clouds an electric shock
*This coaxes the clouds into clumping together, resulting in rains
*Plans underway to direct water from the skies to aquifer
With temperatures at 50 degrees Celsius, Dubai in the United Arab Emirates is creating its own rain using drones that fly into clouds and unleash electrical charges.
The charges give clouds electrics to ‘cajole them’ into clumping together and producing rain.
The UAE, one of the most arid countries on Earth, hopes the technique could help to increase its meagre annual rainfall. And it is working.
The Centre said the precipitation has been enhanced by a technique known as cloud seeding, and its purpose is to increase condensation in the hope that it might trigger a downpour.
The UAE’s cloud seeding operations are part of an ongoing $15 million (£10.8m) mission to generate rain in the country.
The country ranks among the world’s top 10 driest with an average rainfall of just three inches. This is six times less than what is obtainable in Northern Nigeria.
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2 years ago
Technology is super
2 years ago
Technology is super but rough
2 years ago
No be small thing ooo ???
2 years ago
I swear the intensity of sunshine in Dubai is Alarming
2 years ago
That is the height of technology now
2 years ago
But doing that was really rough