Book 13. (1 results) Explorers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 6 | 583 | The View more quotes about rising">rising of the warm air leaves a vacuum, so to speak, or, better, an area of less pressure or density in the atmosphere. |
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Book 13. (7 results) Explorers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 6 | 580 | At the equator the sun's rays are most direct. |
| 6 | 581 | This creates greater surface heat than oblique rays would. |
| 6 | 582 | This heating of the surface causes warm air to rise. |
| 6 | 583 | The rising of the warm air leaves a vacuum, so to speak, or, better, an area of less pressure or density in the atmosphere. |
| 6 | 584 | Into this less dense area, this "hole," so to speak, cooler air pours, like invisible liquid, from both the north and south. |
| 6 | 585 | This air is heated and rises in its turn. |
| 6 | 586 | When the warm air reaches the upper atmosphere, well above the reflecting, heated surface of the earth, it cools; as it cools, its moisture is precipitated as rain. |
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At the equator the sun's rays are most direct.
This creates greater surface heat than oblique rays would.
This heating of the surface causes warm air to rise.
The rising of the warm air leaves a vacuum, so to speak, or, better, an area of less pressure or density in the atmosphere.
Into this less dense area, this "hole," so to speak, cooler air pours, like invisible liquid, from both the north and south.
This air is heated and rises in its turn.
When the warm air reaches the upper atmosphere, well above the reflecting, heated surface of the earth, it cools; as it cools, its moisture is precipitated as rain.
- (Explorers of Gor)