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Why can you see your breath on a cold day?

On a cold morning you breathe out and a little cloud appears, but indoors, or in summer, your breath is invisible. You're breathing the same way every time. So why does the cloud only show up in the cold?

A person's visible breath forming a cloud in cold air
Photo: Alain Wong · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons

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