Strange light reflecting cloud shapes in the sky

6 years ago
259

During the halo, as well as I think, a gravity-geomnetic anomaly was manifested, which disturbed the molecules of the clouds in space.

Optical Effects
When light is reflected, refracted, scattered or diffracted, it creates incredible displays of colour and shape, whether it’s a rainbow or crepuscular rays.

Appearance with light overflows and variable colors is similar to Irisation or Iridescence
Definition: Irisation or iridescence: Colours appearing on clouds, sometimes mingled and sometimes in the form of bands nearly parallel to the margin of the clouds. Green and pink occur most often, and in pastel shades.

Types of clouds

Cirrus, height of base: 18,000 - 40,000 ft

Latin: cirrus - lock or tuft of hair

Cirrus are short, detached, hair-like clouds found at high altitudes. These delicate clouds are wispy with a silky sheen or look like tufts of hair. In the day time, they are whiter than any other cloud in the sky. While the sun is setting or rising, they may take on the colours of the sunset. The irisation or iridescent colours are often brilliant, and resemble the colours observed on mother of pearl. Within about 10° from the Sun, diffraction is the main cause of irisation or iridescence. Beyond about 10°, however, interference is usually the predominant factor. Irisation or iridescence can extend to angles exceeding 40° from the Sun, and even at this angular distance, the colours may be brilliant. Red (the longest wavelength at around 780nm) through to Violet (the shortest wavelength in the sequence at 380nm).

Cirrostratus
Height of base: 18,000 - 40,000 ft

Latin: cirrus - lock or tuft of hair; stratus - flattened or spread out

Cirrostratus are transparent high clouds covering large areas of the sky. They sometimes produce white or coloured rings, spots or arcs of light around the sun or moon that are known as halo phenomena. Sometimes they are so thin that the halo is the only indication that a cirrostratus cloud is in the sky.

The special kind of rays are also visible towards the end of the video with a wide viewing angle.
Crepuscular rays are beams of sunlight that have been scattered across the sky, seemingly from the point in the sky where the sun is located.

Light from the rising or setting Sun may be scattered in hazy conditions; caused by dust, smoke and other dry particles in the atmosphere to produce sunbeams known as crepuscular rays. These rays stream through gaps in clouds or between other objects. Although the beams seem to converge at a point beyond the cloud they are actually near-parallel.

Crepuscular rays are usually red or yellow in appearance because the path through the atmosphere at sunrise and sunset passes through up to 40 times as much air as rays from a high midday sun. Particles in the air scatter short wavelength light (blue and green) through Rayleigh scattering much more strongly than longer wavelength yellow and red light.

Loading comments...