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• n  an iodide that is used in photography, in seeding clouds to make rain, and in medicine

News & Articles

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• Chance Of Rain A Prime Opportunity For California Cloud Seeding
  Jake will circle the cloud and when temperatures are cold enough, he’ll release the silver iodide out of flares. Supercooled water in the cloud sticks to the silver iodide and helps more snow grow and eventually fall to the ground.
  Jan. 11, 2014 - CBS Sacramento
• It's Not Magic On The Mountain, It's A Rain-Making Machine
  The snowpack in the Mountain West is at just a small fraction of its normal level, and it was the driest year ever recorded in many parts of California. Cloud seeders are trying to squeeze raindrops out of Mother Nature by spraying tiny silver iodide particles into incoming clouds.
  Jan. 9, 2014 - NPR