white clouds, Why does it suddenly change color? Or maybe their true color isn’t really white?

Clouds that change coloractually depends on several reasons. Let’s see what these reasons are.

The color change of clouds depends on their structure and how they reflect sunlight.

in the air by condensation of water vapor The resulting clouds are made up of water droplets and ice crystals. The reason they often look white is because these water droplets and ice crystals reflect sunlight in many directions.

Sunlight, As it moves toward the upper layers of the atmosphere It causes more scattering of shorter wavelengths such as blue and violet. This scattering is why we see the sky as blue during the day.

However, their appearance also changes depending on their thickness and density.

Thin and light clouds, While most of the sunlight is transmitted; Thicker, denser clouds reflect or absorb most of the light. In this case, the lower parts of the clouds appear darker and more grayish because less sunlight reaches the ground.

Later in the day or at sunset, due to the angle of the sun The journey of light through the atmosphere changes. During these times the sky can take on orange or red hues.

These colors, as it passes through a thicker layer of the atmosphere It depends on the greater scattering of the sun and the dominance of colored wavelengths. These are the reasons why rain clouds appear darker.

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