Cloud iridescence Is a rare phenomenon where clouds display glowing rainbow colors

this was an area of study at the meteorology department of my uni. it happens when the sun shines from over the horizon onto the underside of clouds with a lot of ice crystals in them.

which means the first two examples aren’t possible, but the third is. i’ve seen clouds like that, albeit much smaller.

Its sad - i’m too suspicious now to belive anything fancy from the internet anymore…

I have seen this once IRL. It was cool as shit. I took pictures, but the effect didn’t get picked up through the camera :(

❌ Greenhouse gases are cooking the planet.

✅ Fossil fuels are turning the clouds gay!