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Any scientists know what this is?

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Anonymous 1d

it’s called cloud iridescence! it happens when small, uniformly-sized water droplets or ice crystals near the edge of a cloud diffract sunlight. diffraction bends light by slightly different amounts depending on wavelength, which splits it into those pastel rainbow colors.

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Anonymous

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Thanks!

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