Y’all hear of cloud iridescence (also called irisation)? It’s an optical illusion when clouds are impacted by the sun or moon. Like soap bubbles.
It’s a real thing and it’s gorgeous. I’ve seen countless photos/videos of the phenomenon, but never in real life. Maybe one day?
More:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_iridescence
Source:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CuoA01rgdSX/
#Clouds #Nature #Sky #CloudIridescence #OpticalIllusion #Photometeor #Science #Nephology
If you are interested by those #photometeor, here is an amazing #picture of the #Sun with so many of them, as annotated on the second picture.
They are the result of #Sun's reflections and refractions into tiny ice crystals (in clouds or fog) of various shapes, which act as mirrors or prisms.
source: https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/12/michael-schneider-ice-halo-photograph/
credits: Michael Schneider
On a November trip to the Arosa mountains in the Swiss Alps, Michael Schneider snapped a photo using his iPhone 11. The Zurich-based photographer and writer says the image he captured as the fog dissipated shows small ice crystals in the clouds, which break up the sunlight. The crystals’ insides reflect the sun, which is then broken again as it leaves the inside chamber, resulting in the halo of light. Gizmodo’s Mika McKinnon elucidated the phenomenon when a similar shot was taken a few years ago. More
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