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How do 'rainbow clouds' form? Phenomenon spotted in southern Indiana skies
Check out this beautiful photo of nacreous clouds, also known as rainbow clouds, from southern Indiana. Here's how the phenomenon occurs.
This photo was submitted by Bobbi Bledsoe, from French Lick, captured on Mother's Day.WLKY Chief Meteorologist Jay Cardosi said they are "pretty rare. Forward scattering of sunlight within the clouds produces a pearly-white appearance, and then sometimes you get the diffraction that causes this beautiful phenomenon. Forward scattering of sunlight within the clouds produces a pearly-white appearance, and then sometimes you get the diffraction that causes this beautiful phenomenon.
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