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Amanda Heidt

What happens if you skydive through a cloud?

Ashlee Autore, an atmospheric data scientist at the NASA Langley Research Center, went skydiving on an overcast day in Louisiana. Above her are thin, ice-bearing cirrus clouds, and below, a smattering of water-laden cumulus clouds. She is doing a tandem skydive and has a man attached just behind her.

Even if you don't crave the adrenaline rush of adventure sports, perhaps, while flying on an airplane, you've wondered what it might be like to reach out and touch the clouds. Or, during a particularly bumpy descent, maybe you've been thankful to be inside the cabin and not out on the wing.

So what would it be like to pass through those clouds, as skydivers do, exposed to the elements?

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