A video allegedly displaying a cloud sinking from the sky in Indonesia is doing the rounds on social media. Within the video, we are able to see a couple of males sporting similar uniforms run in the direction of a white object that falls to the bottom from the sky. We fact-check this declare via this text.
Declare: Video of a cloud sinking/ falling from the sky in Indonesia.
Reality: The white substance seen within the video just isn’t an precise cloud falling from the sky. The Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Company (BMKG) Director confirmed that it’s almost definitely a condensation of water vapour or fuel created attributable to human exercise and never a pure cloud. Therefore, the declare made within the publish is False.
To examine the veracity of the viral declare, we searched the web utilizing related key phrases to see if the media had reported this incident. This search led us to a news report revealed by The Instances of India about this incident.
In response to this report, this incident did certainly occur in an industrial space in Indonesia. It additionally talked about that the native authorities have concluded that the foam-like substance seen within the video “was almost definitely created as a result of condensation of pollution within the surrounding industrial and mining areas.”
To be taught extra about this incident, we ran a key phrase search on the web in Indonesian, which led us to a number of native information studies (here, here, and here) on this incident.
As per these studies, this incident occurred within the Morong Raya space within the Kalimantan province of Indonesia, and the video went viral on social media. CNN Indonesia and VOI reported that the white mass seen falling from the sky was not a cloud.
This was confirmed by the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Company (BMKG) of Indonesia. Per the studies, the Director of BMKG stated that the white mass seen within the video just isn’t a pure cloud however a condensation of water vapour or fuel attributable to human exercise that happens within the mining space.’
“Andri defined that the clouds can’t fall to the floor as dense clumps as a result of the particles are very mild and scattered with low density. It is because clouds are a group of very small and light-weight water droplets or ice crystals, so that they proceed to drift within the ambiance with the assistance of air currents.” VOI reported. He additional stated that cloud particles usually evaporate earlier than reaching the bottom.
In response to National Geographic, clouds are a visible accumulation of water droplets within the Earth’s ambiance, and they’re discovered at heights of 2000-12000 meters above the Earth’s floor. You’ll find extra details about clouds here, here, and here.
To sum up, a video of a white mass occurring attributable to condensation of water vapour or fuel is falsely shared as visuals of a cloud falling from the sky.
(This story was initially revealed by Factly, and republished by NDTV as a part of the Shakti Collective)
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