Would world history have been different if clouds normally started on the ground, instead of up in the air?

Question

I am amazed by the beauty of clouds. It was believed in Tibet that the clouds are representations of human thoughts and wishes.
They are full of water and weigh tons, yet they float up in the sky.
If they 'lived' or rested at ground level, we might never have needed eyes, or had the same ideas of landscape or home.
Does anyone else think it's a bit of a miracle that clouds are as they are?

Fog is different, as you can discover by listening to what the TV weathermen say. Fog forms only in the absence of clouds, and never beneath them.

Though I grant you, they have a very similar effect.

There is mist too, another watery form in the air.

Answer 1

Interesting Question.
Clouds are indeed miraculous.
Our evolution would have been different if we have had evolved in the clouds, how that would have played out is any-ones' guess.

Answer 2

Yes the main factor to all of history is that clouds start up in the air instead of on the ground.
If it was the other way around, the smoke bomb would never have been invented.

Answer 3

Clouds on the ground are called fog. We probably would see fine but might have been a bit more moldy.