Observing Cloud Visual Opacity: Some Examples

Photos by student interns in the summer 2007 SPHERE program: Jon Doughty, Amy Lankey, and Matt Page.

Transparent Cloud Examples

Note the milky blue-white appearance of all these clouds.

Translucent Cloud Examples

These clouds are much more definitely white, with only a little bit of gray.

Opaque Cloud Examples

These clouds are predominantly gray, especially on the undersides.

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