What is the Sierra Madre's Cloud? | Full lore and speculation

The cloud that shrouds the Sierra Madre is an ever present threat in the Dead Money DLC. Where did the cloud come from? Why is it here? What actually is the cloud? I do my best to use the lore to figure out what the cloud could possibly be made of.

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