But they aren't photos of an approaching hurricane or thunder shower. They are carefully constructed collages of dozens of individual clouds. Janiak grew fascinated with the skies as a teenager on ...

But in emails and images seen by New Scientist, researchers on the mission discuss the possibility that they have spotted individual clouds, pointing to an even richer atmospheric diversity.

One particularly striking example is the image of colorful "mother of pearl" clouds, seen in this composite image of five frames stitched together. “If you see a cloud with a shimmery pastel set ...