Astronomy Picture of the Day - An Iridescent Pileus Cloud over China

APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 6 Sep, 2022 | Image Credit & Copyright: Jiaqi Sun （孙嘉琪）

[MtnClimber]

Explanation: Yes, but how many dark clouds have a multicolored lining? Pictured, behind this darker cloud, is a pileus iridescent cloud, a group of water droplets that have a uniformly similar size and so together diffract different colors of sunlight by different amounts. The featured image was taken last month in Pu'er, Yunnan Province, China. Also captured were unusual cloud ripples above the pileus cloud. The formation of a rare pileus cloud capping a common cumulus cloud is an indication that the lower cloud is expanding upward and might well develop into a storm.

[MtnClimber]

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[MtnClimber]

[MtnClimber]

Pinging the APOD list.

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[mylife]

very cool

[NorthMountain]

Ya don’t see that every day ...

[unread]

Amazing, what a photo.!

[AFB-XYZ]

Very cool pic!

[SES1066]

Even in China, God’s world is full of amazing wonders!

[ought-six]

Pretty cool formation.

[Jamestown1630]

‘Even in China’?

The very short Communist era is a relative blink of an eye, compared to the vast history of China itself.

[maddog55]

A view of China from the iridescent Pileus Cloud:

[DannyTN]

It looks like they nuked a skittles factory.

[Telepathic Intruder]

That is good pollution because it’s communist pollution. The community of climate scientists all agree it will not cause global warming. They do it with winks and nods but not words.

[minnesota_bound]

That is just SMOG!

[MtnClimber]

I think you are right. Under 0bama NASA was tasked with making Muslims look good. Under Xao Bai-Dung NASA must be tasked with making the CCP look good.

[redcatcherb412]

Thank God all of the pictured Asian continent pollution is able to be stopped at the exclusion zone of the United States. Otherwise the EPA would have to put the same regulations against Asian industry and power generation that it forces U.S. plants ans businesses to adhere to.

[Red Badger]

This is similar to what God’s Throne will look like descending from Heaven!................

[Ezekiel]

This is similar to what God's Throne will look like descending from Heaven!................

Hmmm, as long as you brought visuals to mind, this page had (well, at least until I posted this) one appearance of elo:

"The formation of a rare pileus cloud capping a common cumulus cloud is an indication that the lower cloud is expanding upward and might well devELOp into a storm."

Totally Looks Like

It's over, it's over, it's over
Summer came and passed away
Hardly seemed to last a day, but it's over
And what can I do?

Electric Light Orchestra - It's Over (Official Video)

[Red Badger]

ELO! ELOHIM!...................

[Ezekiel]

That's "HIM".

Just like it says on the cover,

"Out of the Blue"

Sudden appearance, Epiphany.

Like the sign I've been posting for many months, as it happens to relate to the topic at hand. It just sits there, but no one seems to pay it any mind.