The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Some of the first photographs of an interesting new cloud formation, dubbed as Asperatus clouds, were submitted to the Cloud Appreciation Society from amateur sky gazers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets details from the founder of the UK-based Cloud Appreciation Society, Gavin Pretor-Pinney.
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