Frozen Waves
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Not exactly cloud-related, but since both waves and weather are related to clouds I thought members might enjoy pictures of this phenomenon: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/freezing-temperatures-cause-amazing-and-rare-phenomenon-at-nantucket/ I didn’t know that this could happen! Talk about a super sized Slurpie!
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Two birds with one stone. I seem to remember a similar freezing situation last year, Marsha – fascinating is it not.
Your link also answers the question absorbing BBC Radio this evening – That Dress. I saw blue and black on your link (apparently the correct answer, not white and gold). Which raises the question how do we all see sky colours? One Prof on BBC Radio suggested it might be a similar effect for (some) viewers to looking through say red Perspex – some colours will change.
P.S. I am so envious of that double ‘H’.
Yours, ‘H’
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Marsha, by chance I think this TV program which was repeated this evening was what I was referring to. Ice builds up on a lake then slowly but steadily rolls off the lake and into a house. (It’s some way into the program (Series 3, Episode 1) after a break for ads).
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-worlds-weirdest-weather
This is The Independent’s answer about That Dress:
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Honestly, ‘H’ I’d never even heard of That Dress before seeing your post. Despite all the scientific explanations it’s beyond me to see how anyone could ever confuse gold and white with black and blue. BTW, here’s an article on my most favorite clouds (never seen by my own eyes, unfortunately): http://spaceweather.com/ Hope you can access this. I think the articles change daily, but sometimes they carry over a few days.
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Gavin’s follow-up book was on waves, of course!
I find that whole dress thing just weird. But just before logging on here, by coincidence I read the below link, which briefly looks at how we see and explain to ourselves colours – especially in relation to blue sky. (In Japan, where I am, there is a lot of confusion for foreigners over what colour the blue-cum-green word “ao” actually is. It’s the word for the blue sky and green forest and traffic lights.)
http://uk.businessinsider.com/what-is-blue-and-how-do-we-see-color-2015-2
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