what causes this?

[dtsblack]

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s217/DTSBLACK/006.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s217/DTSBLACK/pictures104.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s217/DTSBLACK/pictures159.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s217/DTSBLACK/pictures090-1.jpg
strange days strange skies!
all Pictures have been taken in the last year with nO modIficatION what So ever! dOes anyone ever remember SUNsets like these?

[Racemore]

Are you referring to the overlap?

[dtsblack]

what do you mean by overlap? by the title I'm reffering to the "rib" effect and colors. the first picturE anD the rainBow effect I understand is Ethylene dibromide.

nice pics pyro

[pyro]

It usually requires a gap in the cloud cover near the horizon. As the sun is setting, and sometimes after it has set, the sunlight shaines through the gap and passes through the atmosphere at a shallow angle, which sets off the intense colors, and lights up the underside of the clouds. Textures in the clous ceiling may bring about the wave formations. Around 10 to 25 minutes after the posted sunset time is when this effect seems to be at its strongest.

The light rays are caused by a staggered gap in the cloud cover, and the light illuminating the air through narrow holes in the clouds.

Is that a good enough explanation?

[dtsblack]

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s217/DTSBLACK/pictures191.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s217/DTSBLACK/pictures152.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s217/DTSBLACK/pictures144.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s217/DTSBLACK/pictures103-1.jpg

[Frank Molé]

Nice Stuff:d

[BallisticBullet]

gases and light bending as the sun sets below the horizen= pretty pictures..

[Racemore]

Its the sunlite on the back of the clouds.

like this
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m191/Racemore/Brunswick106.jpg

[The Big Al]

Simple!

GOD!!!!!!!!!

[Racemore]

the pics that have the bottom of the clouds lit orange-yellow are because the clouds are above the horizon and the sun is shining through to the underside.:rolleyes: Yes Al,GOD.

[Racemore]

Sorry Pyro,Didn't read your perfect explaination.;) Why is that fire yellow and orange?:D ah nevermind.:cool:

[dtsblack]

http://imageevent.com/firesat/strangedaysstrangeskies?z=3&c=4&n=1&m=-1&w=4&x=0&p=144
what the HELL!

[Racemore]

Good Grief.:cool:

[j_martin]

http://imageevent.com/firesat/strangedaysstrangeskies?z=3&c=4&n=1&m=-1&w=4&x=0&p=144
what the HELL!


Sun dogs are caused by high thin clouds, usually in the winter, and are considered a harbinger of a storm within 24 hours.

They have occured long before any jet ever flew.

John

[stokernick]

devine intervention

[dtsblack]

Sun dogs are caused by high thin clouds, usually in the winter, and are considered a harbinger of a storm within 24 hours.

They have occured long before any jet ever flew.

John
i see although, the very first picture was taken a week ago in miami. not too sure there would be ice crystals, wich are the cause of sundogs. i do recall from my scout years "red at night sailors delight, red in the morning sailor take warning"

[j_martin]

i see although, the very first picture was taken a week ago in miami. not too sure there would be ice crystals, wich are the cause of sundogs. i do recall from my scout years "red at night sailors delight, red in the morning sailor take warning"


Temp goes down approximately 3* per 1000 feet. Those clouds are at 60,000 feet or more. If it's 100* outside, what's the temp at 60,000 feet?

It gets pretty icy at 80* berlow 0.

It's the lack of thermals, not the temp that makes it more often happen in the winter, although the same sort of formation can be caused by the jet stream clipping the tops off very high t-storms and spreading them many miles downwind.

hope it helps
John