Sky Treasure Hunt: A Cloud Adventure for Beginners

Singer Valen Hsu's first translated work

"Since I was little, I've loved lying on the grass,
looking up at the sky, watching the clouds transform one by one—
from form to shadow, from near to far.

That floating freedom,
seemed to echo the heart and soul within.
　　
May every reader, after finishing this book,
be able to follow the flow and energy of their heart,
like a cloud—floating in change, peaceful in motion."

———————Valen Hsu

Have you ever witnessed the birth of a cloud with your own eyes?

Clouds come in myriad shapes and sizes, from low-lying stratus clouds near the ground to high-altitude cirrus clouds, as well as roll clouds, banner clouds, and even tornadoes. This book, with its exquisite illustrations and text, reveals the knowledge, secrets, and stories of various main cloud types, as well as how they affect the surrounding weather, outline the sky, and dance with the sunlight.

We will learn the elegant Latin names of clouds, explore the corners of the sky they like to inhabit, and marvel at how they interact with sunlight—even extending to strange clouds on other planets, where sometimes clouds are composed of acid? Or that Jupiter's clouds are made of ammonia ice crystals? And that Saturn's northern polar clouds gather into a mysterious hexagon?

"Cloudspotting for Beginners" will inspire your curious mind and bring a lifetime of wonder and awe for meteorological knowledge.