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What clouds, nacreous??

What clouds, nacreous??

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    • April 29, 2025 at 3:34 pm #643382
      Nienke Lantman avatarNienke Lantman
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    • April 29, 2025 at 3:36 pm #643383
      Nienke Lantman avatarNienke Lantman
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      Can anyone tell me what clouds these are, the high ones that are  a bit blue white? When I noticed them they had bright colours but yes, my camera was somewhere else. By the time I had it the colours had already faded.

      It was just before sunrise.

    • May 2, 2025 at 7:32 am #643662
      Nienke Lantman avatarNienke Lantman
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    • June 8, 2025 at 10:15 am #647826
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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      Hello Nienke,

      Your question is already from more than a month ago. I don’t want to spoil the thought of it, but I don’t think you spotted nacreous clouds. They are rare in the Netherlands (as you know) and when they appear, they appear in the winter after strong winds nearby or elsewhere. I think the lighter small ones are cumulus fractus and in the background some more distant altocumulus or even cirrus (I am not sure at all). The colors of the reddish cumulus fractus are due to the late(r) hour when the reds dominate to color the clouds. What do you think?

      Hans

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