Breaking Through the Clouds Photographs by Levon Biss The “humbling” Matterhorn in Switzerland’s

The “humbling” Matterhorn in Switzerland’s Alps

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Breaking Through the Clouds Photographs by Levon Biss The “humbling” Matterhorn in Switzerland’sBefore weather satellites and advanced forecasting, one determined scientist changed the way the world understands clouds and storms. As a child, Joanne Simpson loved looking up at the sky. As a pilot, she flew among the clouds she longed to understand. But when she decided to become a meteorologist, she faced a world that believed women did not belong in science. Her professors told her that no woman had ever earned a doctorate in meteorologyand no