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What causes unusual color patterns appearing on clouds?

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Question72.31K May 19, 2019 1 Comment

Rainbow-cloud

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[deleted] commented May 19, 2019

This is a pretty effect called cloud iridescence. The basic mechanism is that water droplets act like zillions of little prisms, scattering the light through refraction.

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