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Colours of Clouds A viewer on the ground can distinguish the clouds at different heights according to the relative timing of their color change during sunset (Figure 8). Clouds at night are visible only when there is a source of light. Thin clouds will generally appear white under the white moonlight. For the bottom of dense low clouds, the main light source is the light from the ground (usually orange or white light) originated from street lamps and other light sources in cities.
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Cloud Questions Clouds. A cloud is a large collection of very tiny droplets of water or ice crystals. The droplets are so small and light that they can float in the air. All air contains water, but near the ground it is usually in the form of an invisible gas called water vapor.When warm air rises, it expands and cools.louds are white because they reflect the light of the sun. Light is made up of colors of the rainbow and when you add them all together you get white. The sun appears a yellow color because it sends out more yellow light than any other color. Clouds reflect all the colors the exact same amount so they look white.
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Cloud Questions A cloud is made up of liquid water droplets. A cloud forms when air is heated by the sun. As it rises, it slowly cools it reaches the saturation point and water condenses, forming a cloud. As long as the cloud and the air that its made of is warmer than the outside air around it, it floats! Clouds move with the wind.louds are white because they reflect the light of the sun. Light is made up of colors of the rainbow and when you add them all together you get white. The sun appears a yellow color because it sends out more yellow light than any other color. Clouds reflect all the colors the exact same amount so they look white.
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How to Identify the Different Types of Clouds The National Weather Service says there are four main categories of clouds: Cirro-form: Derived from the Latin word “cirro,” meaning “curl of hair,” this term describes whitish, wispy clouds composed of ice crystals. They typically are the first types of clouds to appear in the sky before a storm system, the NWS says.
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- Every gas creates a different color of light: helium-orange/white, neon-red/orange, argon-lavender, krypton-gray/green, and so on. The colors of auroras are determined by the gases in the Earth's atmosphere, and incoming solar particles tend to collide with different gases at different heights. Very high up (above 300 km / 185 miles), oxygen is the most common gas, and collisions there can create a rare red aurora.very gas creates a different color of light: helium-orange/white, neon-red/orange, argon-lavender, krypton-gray/green, and so on. The colors of auroras are determined by the gases in the Earth's atmosphere, and incoming solar particles tend to collide with different gases at different heights.
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How to Predict the Weather using Clouds There are 10 types of clouds that you should be able to recognize, but if you get their names confused, just remember that the higher the clouds, the better the weather will be. Cirrocumulus Clouds look like ripples of water on the surface of a lake. There are a sign of good weather and often disapate to blue sky.
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Colours of Clouds 5. Do the clouds at different heights turn red during sunset simultaneously? Since the Earth is spherical, the clouds at different heights turn red at different time when the sun crosses the horizon (Figure 7). Just before the sunset, the color of low clouds (e.g. stratus) will turn red first.
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What are the three main types of clouds and what do they look like? The three main types of clouds are, Cumulus, those are the fair weather clouds and look like cotton balls, Cirrus, are long wispy clouds, also called mares tails, these are usually associated with fair weather but also form in advance of a cold front usually indicating coming showers or thunderstorms.
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Types of Clouds Cirrocumulus clouds are usually seen in the winter and indicate fair, but cold weather. In tropical regions, they may indicate an approaching hurricane. Alto Clouds Altostratus clouds are gray or blue-gray mid level clouds composed of ice crystals and water droplets.
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Bolts From the Blue: The Electric Colors of Lightning The same lightning channel can appear blue, purple, red or orange depending on the type of film, length of exposure, and other factors. Slide film is more likely to produce a more purple/blue image, while print film tends to give lightning a more yellow/orange tint.
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Fact or Fiction?: If the Sky Is Green, Run for CoverâA Tornado Is Coming Gallagher measured hailstorms where the dominant wavelength of light was green as well as hailstorms where it was the typical gray-blue color of thunderstorms. Tornado-producing storms proved similarly divorced from any particular sky color, other than dark.
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Types of Clouds Cirrus Clouds Cirrus clouds are the most common of the high clouds. They are composed of ice and are thin, wispy clouds blown in high winds into long streamers. Cirrus clouds are usually white and predict fair to pleasant weather.irrostratus clouds are thin, sheetlike high clouds that often cover the entire sky. They are so thin that the sun and moon can be seen through them. Cirrostratus clouds usually come 12-24 hours before a rain or snow storm. Cirrocumulus clouds appear as small, rounded white puffs that appear in long rows.
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Color of the Clouds. Why is the color of the clouds dark pink in the night as compared to the black sky? Also..why is it white in the morning when the sky is blue..(is it because the cloud molecules scatter red wavelengths along with the blue ones?
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Types Of Water There are many different types of clouds that can be seen. The types of clouds are determined based on what they look like and how high they are in the atmosphere. High-Level Clouds Mid-Level Clouds Low-Level Clouds Vertical Clouds High-level clouds are formed in altitudes above 20,000 feet.
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Astronomical spectroscopy CLOUDS AMONG THE STARS. There are three main types of nebula, which can all be seen here. Emission nebulas appear red or pink. This is because they are mostly hydrogen gas, which glows red when it is excited (given extra energy) by nearby stars.Reflection nebulas appear blue, because they reflect light from nearby stars.LOUDS AMONG THE STARS. There are three main types of nebula, which can all be seen here. Emission nebulas appear red or pink. This is because they are mostly hydrogen gas, which glows red when it is excited (given extra energy) by nearby stars.
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- These are high-altitude clouds made the same way that all clouds form, but the water droplets are frozen to form millions of tiny ice crystals. They are often the first clouds to appear in a clear, blue sky. Stratus means a flat layer or 'stretched out' in Latin. These are dull grey clouds.
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Color of the Clouds. Danger Gold Member. I've never seen pink clouds at night, unless you're talking about immediately after the sun sets. In that case, the sun is below your horizon, but the clouds are high enough up that their horizon is farther away. They just reflect what you previously saw as a red sunset.
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Color of the Clouds. In that case, the sun is below your horizon, but the clouds are high enough up that their horizon is farther away. They just reflect what you previously saw as a red sunset. Remember that clouds are merely water droplets along with some impurities such as dust and airborne pollutants. Jun 27, 2009 #3.
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Stratus Stratus clouds belong to the Low Cloud (surface-2000m up) group. They are uniform gray in color and can cover most or all of the sky. Stratus clouds can look like a fog that doesn't reach the ground. Light mist or drizzle is sometimes associated with stratus clouds.
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Clouds Cloud Types. Clouds are classified into four basic categories, depending largely on the height of their bases above the ground. High-level clouds, called cirrus clouds, can reach heights of 20,000 feet (6,000 meters) and are typically thin. They do not produce rain and often indicate fair weather.
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Why do the clouds appear to have a pink color, just before a snowfall? Red, orange and pink clouds occur almost entirely at sunrise/sunset and are the result of the scattering of sunlight by the atmosphere. The clouds do not become that color; they are reflecting long and unscattered rays of sunlight, which are predominant at those hours.
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Types Of Water Types of Clouds. by Erin Ryan. When you look up in the sky, you realize that no two clouds look exactly alike. Clouds are formed from water vapor that. condenses then clusters together in droplets. There are many different types of clouds that can be seen. The types of. clouds are determined based on what they look like and how high they are in the atmosphere. High-Level Clouds Mid-Level Clouds Low-Level Clouds Vertical Clouds.
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Purple Purple and violet are similar, though purple is closer to red. In optics, there is an important difference; purple is a composite color made by combining red and blue, while violet is a spectral color, with its own wavelength on the visible spectrum of light.urple was the color worn by Roman magistrates; it became the imperial color worn by the rulers of the Byzantine Empire and the Holy Roman Empire, and later by Roman Catholic bishops. Similarly in Japan, the color is traditionally associated with the Emperor and aristocracy.
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Different Types of Clouds 1 Cirrus clouds are high in the sky. They are wispy and small. 2  Cirrostratus clouds are high and thin. They look like a big, rippling sheet across the sky. 3  Altostratus clouds are low and gray or white. They cover the whole sky and look soft.
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Types of Clouds Stratus clouds are uniform grayish clouds that often cover the entire sky. They resemble fog that doesn't reach the ground. Light mist or drizzle sometimes falls out of these clouds. Stratocumulus clouds are low, puffy and gray. Most form in rows with blue sky visible in between them. Rain rarely occurs with stratocumulus clouds, however, they can turn into nimbostratus clouds.
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Why is lightning colored? (gas excitations and incandesence) Seen from above, lightning storms also produce less well-known emissions of blue or red light above the clouds, known as jets and sprites. The colors are also produced through gas excitations of the gas molecules in the atmosphere, particularly nitrogen.