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Overlapping clouds (in meteorology, probably duplicatus clouds) are thought to imply eternal happiness [170] and clouds of different colors are said to indicate "multiplied blessings". [170] Informal cloud watching or cloud gazing is a popular activity involving watching the clouds and looking for shapes in them, a form of pareidolia. [171] [172]
Cloud iridescence or irisation is a colorful optical phenomenon that occurs in a cloud and appears in the general proximity of the Sun or Moon. The colors resemble those seen in soap bubbles and oil on a water surface.
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.
The average cloud cover of the Earth, 2005-2013. Colors range from blue (no clouds) to white (totally cloudy). [6] (click for more detail) Cloud cover values only vary by 3% from year-to-year averages, whereas the local, day-to-day variability in cloud amounts typically rises to 30% over the globe.
True color image of the Trifid Nebula, showing complex gas and plasma structure. A nebula (Latin for 'cloud, fog'; [1] pl.: nebulae, or nebulas [2] [3] [4] [5]) is a ...
A mushroom cloud is a distinctive mushroom-shaped flammagenitus cloud of debris, ... The initial color of some radioactive clouds can be colored red or reddish-brown, ...
If you’ve ever indulged in the habit of cloudspotting, you’ve probably seen all kinds of things in the sky, from animals and faces to UFOs and cartoon characters. But did you know that our ...
It is the color of a cloud-covered sky, of ash, and of lead. [ 4 ] The first recorded use of grey as a color name in the English language was in 700 CE . [ 5 ]