Have you ever looked up in the sky and thought you saw a face or a shape in the clouds?
Now you don’t have to wonder if you’re imagining it.
A “cloud-making” company based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, has been filling the skies there with their custom “clouds”, in the form of hearts and other shapes.
In a video shared on Facebook by Khmer Cloud Making Service, a vendor dispenses fluffy heart-shaped “clouds” from a machine, and curious onlookers watch as the hearts waft into the sky above.
The video has chalked up more than 11 million views since it was posted on June 17.
The “clouds” are in fact, made of a soap solution and light gasses like helium. The company states on its website that its special soap is environmentally friendly.
But how does it work?
The “cloud-making” machine compresses air and mixes it with the foaming solution to form a thick mass of bubbles, which is passed through a template, creating the desired shape. When it is released from the machine, it floats up to the sky, explains the company on its website.
It also claims that the “clouds” can last from a few minutes to an hour or longer.
Other unique shapes the company has created include a silhouette of the famed Angkor Wat temple complex.
Though the company is based in Phnom Penh, it says on its website that it can “reach any sky in the world”.
It told The Huffington Post that it can ship its products internationally.
Rates on its website for the cloud-making machine start at US$999 (S$1,342).
xiuhuil@sph.com.sg
