EVENTS For information on JPL tours and the speakers bureau, visit our PUBLIC SERVICES site. The Solar System Ambassador Program sponsors events in communities around the country. Find out how to become a volunteer Solar System Ambassador.		Topic - Atmospheric Sciences and Research Looking at Clouds from Both Sides: Clouds in Art and Science Presented by Dr. Graeme L. Stephens CloudSat Mission Principal Investigator RealPlayer (with caption): "Looking at Clouds" Archived Webcast.  RealPlayer (without caption): "Looking at Clouds" Archived Webcast.  If you don't have RealPlayer, you can download the free RealPlayer 8 Basic.   Thursday, October 13 The von Kármán Auditorium at JPL 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena, CA For directions, click here. Friday, October 14 The Vosloh Forum at Pasadena City College 1570 East Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA For directions, click here. Both lectures begin at 7 p.m. PST and run for approximately an hour. Admission is free. Seating is limited. For more information, call (818) 354-0112. On a December evening in 1802, Luke Howard presented his ideas about the naming of clouds to a small gathering of select intellectuals. Howard's lecture that evening was titled "On the modification of clouds" and was a most historic lecture for many reasons. It heralded the era of meteorology as we know it today, a previously unacknowledged area of natural science recognizing that clouds are really entities that deserve serious scientific enquiry. This talk describes cloud research in the context of other human activities, notably art and literature, and reflects on the study of clouds in the modern science of meteorology. First results from a NASA satellite mission to be launched in May 2005, CloudSat, will show views of clouds as never seen before. To learn more about the CloudSat mission click here.