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Document Title: Iridescence in wave clouds (DI01450) Photo by Carlye Calvin
Description: Occasionally patches of cloud develop iridescent (colored) borders. When sunlight or moonlight is diffracted as it passes through a cloud that contains water droplets, coronas, faintly colored luminous rings of light, are formed. Iridescent borders of a cloud represent small portions of unusually large coronas. The color that is seen depends on the size of the droplets and ranges from bluish-white to brownish-red.
Creditline: copyright University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Photo by Carlye Calvin
Keywords: DI01450,clouds,iridescent,iridescence,coronas,cloud,wave cloud,Carlye Calvin,sunlight
Filename: DI01450.tif