Cloud Seeding

A Cessna 210 rebuilt for cloud seeding, and its silver iodide generators

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— No, I’m not taking a piss. I do program clouds, for real. Have you heard of such a thing? — And why would you do that? — To make them rain.

Cessna 210 (OE-DSD), rebuilt for cloud seeding

Two silver iodide generators.

A Cessna 210, registration OE-DSD, rebuilt for cloud seeding, with two silver iodide generators mounted under the wings
A Cessna 210, registration OE-DSD, rebuilt for cloud seeding, with two silver iodide generators mounted under the wings

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The generator, close up

Detail view of a silver iodide generator mounted under the wing root of a cloud-seeding aircraft
Detail view of a silver iodide generator mounted under the wing root of a cloud-seeding aircraft

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