Eli5: If water is transparent, why are clouds white?
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Water freezes when it’s that high in the atmosphere. After water has been evaporated into the atmosphere it creates little crystalline structures that form clouds. They appear white because they refract light and all colors together are white. Think about a prism. You can see all the colors that combine to make white light through a prism. That’s why the clouds appear white.
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