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  2. Cloud iridescence - Wikipedia

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    Iridescence is therefore mostly seen at cloud edges or in semi-transparent clouds, while newly forming clouds produce the brightest and most colorful iridescence. When the particles in a thin cloud are very similar in size over a large extent, the iridescence takes on the structured form of a corona , a bright circular disk around the Sun or ...

  3. Iridescence - Wikipedia

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    Iridescence is caused by wave interference of light in microstructures or thin films. Examples of iridescence include soap bubbles, feathers, butterfly wings and seashell nacre, and minerals such as opal. Pearlescence is a related effect where some or most of the reflected light is white. The term pearlescent is used to describe certain paint ...

  4. Atmospheric optics - Wikipedia

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    An occurrence of altocumulus and cirrocumulus cloud iridescence Sunset reflecting shades of pink onto grey stratocumulus clouds. The color of a cloud, as seen from the Earth, tells much about what is going on inside the cloud. Dense deep tropospheric clouds exhibit a high reflectance (70% to 95%) throughout the visible spectrum.

  5. Curiosity rover captures our first clear view of Martian sunbeams

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    The equipment allows the rover to take images that would show scientists how cloud particles glow over time. To create the panorama you see above, NASA stitched together 28 images taken by the ...

  6. List of natural phenomena - Wikipedia

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    Cloud iridescence; Crepuscular rays; Earth's shadow; Earthquake lights; Glories; Green flash; Halos, of Sun or Moon, including sun dogs; Haze; Heiligenschein or halo effect, partly caused by the opposition effect; Ice blink; Light pillar; Lightning; Mirages (including Fata Morgana) Monochrome Rainbow; Moon dog; Moonbow; Nacreous cloud/Polar ...

  7. Rare rainbow cloud looks like ‘psychedelic skies’ over ...

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  8. Optical phenomenon - Wikipedia

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    Common optical phenomena are often due to the interaction of light from the Sun or Moon with the atmosphere, clouds, water, dust, and other particulates. One common example is the rainbow , when light from the Sun is reflected and refracted by water droplets.

  9. Lenticular clouds, sometimes mistaken for UFOs, are in a ...

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    An Air Force investigation later concluded that what Arnold really saw were disc-shaped wave clouds called lenticular clouds, which are not Lenticular clouds, sometimes mistaken for UFOs, are in a ...