Polar stratospheric clouds

Polar Stratospheric Clouds ☁️🌈✨ ICELAND Experienced some of the most incredible polar stratospheric clouds I’ve ever seen in my life few days ago (also called nacreous clouds). The sun was rising so the orange glow blended with those unbelievable rainbow clouds. Polar stratospheric clouds are rare and only form in the Arctic polar region. Photo Credit.. h0rdur

OUR PLANET DAILY on Instagram: “Polar Stratospheric Clouds ☁️🌈✨ • Experienced some of the most incredible polar stratospheric clouds I’ve ever seen in my life few days…”

Sometimes deep into the winter, after sunset or before dawn, sheets of unbelievably bright and vividly colored clouds can be seen forming ag...

Amazing colorful clouds in Alaska 😍

Joy Max Jardín on Instagram: "☁️ 🌈☁️ “A portal to the next dimension,” “A magical sight!” In the last few weeks of the year, iridescent rainbow, “mother-of-pearl” clouds shimmered over the U.K., Norway, Iceland, and Finland. A #joymaxnaturechurch service far above. These Nacreous clouds, form in very cold conditions over polar regions and within the stratosphere, around 12-19 miles (19-31km) high, far above our everyday clouds. They contain ice crystals which refract the light at sunrise…

Polar stratospheric clouds over Iceland. Have you ever seen them before? They're real! ☁️🌈 Photos by @h0rdur - Instagram

Nacreous Clouds/Polar Stratospheric Polar Clouds/Rainbow Clouds | Formed when polar atmosphere is -121F, the threshold for formation of tiny ice crystals that diffract sunlight to produce "mother-of-pearl" (nacreous) colors