Have you ever paid close attention to acloud and noticed its ever-changing forms？ Ifnot， you could be missing out on somethingquite wondrous.

Cloud spotting doesn’t require much.Sometimes， it can be an invitation to be mar-veled by something so common that we’ve be-come blind to it. Or you can go deeper， tryingto make sense of the sky by learning the differ-ent cloud types.

A pop science blogger surnamed Zheng，25， known as the“Cloud Collector”on the life-style platform Xiaohongshu， initially startedher account to share cloud photos in 2022.

Zheng， who enjoys finding delight in re-cording the beauty of daily life， considered it away to spread lovely moments to more people. “Clouds have always served as a source of com-fort for me”， said Zheng based in Fujian.

For Zheng， one of her most unforgettablecloud- spotting experiences occurred during aflight. It was the first time that she saw a spe-cial natural phenomenon called a“glory”， pro-duced by water drops in the air. It appeared as a hazy light point in the middle of a circular rain-bow halo.“It was such a surprise，”Zheng re-called.

As a growing number of online users be-gan to show interest and raise questions， Zhengrealized that she could offer more science con-tent about cloud spotting. So she started tolearn more by referring to specialized booksand consulting individuals with expertise inmeteorology.

Zheng has now shared nearly 200 piecesof popular science content， including cloudidentification， formation， comparisons of differ-ent cloud types and weather-related knowledge.Her account now has over 210，000 followerson Xiaohongshu， and there are five group chatson the platform where thousands of users sharetheir daily cloud-watching experiences.

Looking ahead， Zheng has plans to holdseveral gallery exhibitions.“The first round ofexhibitions will be in Xiamen in Fujian andChengdu in Sichuan，”Zheng said， adding thatshe’s gathering more cloud photos and theunique stories behind them. By doing this， shehopes to inspire more people to appreciate thebeauty of the“gentle white giants”in the sky.

你有沒(méi)有仔細(xì)觀察過(guò)云彩的變化？如果沒(méi)有，你可能錯(cuò)過(guò)一些非常奇妙的體驗(yàn)。

觀云并不難，還可以讓我們對(duì)習(xí)以為常的事情眼前一亮，你也可以更深入地學(xué)習(xí)不同云的類(lèi)型，更了解天空。

25歲的科普博主鄭女士（小紅書(shū)@云彩收集者），2022年創(chuàng)建了自己的小紅書(shū)賬號(hào)，用來(lái)分享云朵照片，被稱(chēng)為“云朵收藏家”。

鄭女士喜歡從記錄日常生活的美之中找到樂(lè)趣，她認(rèn)為這樣可以將美好傳播給更多人。 “云朵一直是 我心靈的慰藉”，居住在福建的鄭女士說(shuō)道。

對(duì)于鄭女士來(lái)說(shuō)，她最難忘的觀云經(jīng)歷是在一次飛行中。那是她第一次看到一種名為“寶光”的特殊自然現(xiàn)象。寶光由空氣中的水滴產(chǎn)生，呈現(xiàn)為一個(gè)模糊的光點(diǎn)，位于一個(gè)圓形彩虹光環(huán)的中心。 “真的很驚喜，”她回憶道。

隨著越來(lái)越多的網(wǎng)友表現(xiàn)出興趣并提出問(wèn)題，鄭女士意識(shí)到她可以提供更多觀云朵的科學(xué)內(nèi)容。自此，她開(kāi)始通過(guò)參考專(zhuān)業(yè)書(shū)籍、咨詢(xún)氣象學(xué)專(zhuān)家來(lái)學(xué)習(xí)。

她現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)分享了將近 200 篇科普內(nèi)容，包括云朵的辨別、形成、類(lèi)型比較以及其他與天氣相關(guān)的知識(shí)。她的小紅書(shū)賬號(hào)擁有超過(guò)21萬(wàn)的粉絲，平臺(tái)上還有五個(gè)群聊，成千上萬(wàn)的用戶(hù)在這里分享他們每天的觀云經(jīng)歷。

展望未來(lái)，鄭女士計(jì)劃舉辦幾次展覽?！暗谝惠喺褂[預(yù)計(jì)在福建廈門(mén)和四川成都舉行，”她還表示，她正在收集更多的云朵照片以及它們背后的獨(dú)特故事。她希望借此能夠激勵(lì)更多人去欣賞天空中“溫柔白色巨人”的美麗。

選自《21世紀(jì)英文報(bào)》