Cloud iridescence Is a rare phenomenon where clouds display glowing rainbow colors

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lime@feddit.nu · 13 pts · 15d

this was an area of study at the meteorology department of my uni. it happens when the sun shines from over the horizon onto the underside of clouds with a lot of ice crystals in them.

which means the first two examples aren't possible, but the third is. i've seen clouds like that, albeit much smaller.

ManfredMumpitz@feddit.org · 12 pts · 15d (1 reply)

Its sad - i'm too suspicious now to belive anything fancy from the internet anymore...

Thorry@feddit.org · 5 pts · 15d

Yeah these all look fake for sure. None of the actual photos I ever saw of these or when I saw it myself looked anything like this.

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 2 pts · 14d

I have seen this once IRL. It was cool as shit. I took pictures, but the effect didn't get picked up through the camera :(

Septimaeus@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 14d

❌ Greenhouse gases are cooking the planet.

✅ Fossil fuels are turning the clouds gay!