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Are strange colours I see in the clouds electromagnetic waves?

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Are strange colours I see in the clouds electromagnetic waves?
« on: 21/01/2022 10:35:04 »
Andrea has sent TNS this question.

"I wonder if you could help solve something that's been on my mind now for the last few months. More and more I have been seeing colours in the clouds during daylight hours. I can't really say under what particular circumstances, possibly when sunny mostly, but after the small amount of research I've done, it occurs to me I may be seeing some sort of radio or electromagnetic waves. The colours range from large bright blue to most any other colour that cause an aura around clouds. They seem to change all the time and I can only liken it to the northern lights but on a smaller scale. I hope you can shed some 'light' on this please!"

What do you think they are? Leave your comments down below...
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Re: Are strange colours I see in the clouds electromagnetic waves?
« Reply #1 on: 21/01/2022 12:36:45 »
Quote from: Lewis Thomson on 21/01/2022 10:35:04
Andrea has sent TNS this question.

I wonder if you could help solve something that's been on my mind now for the last few months. More and more I have been seeing colours in the clouds during daylight hours. I can't really say under what particular circumstances, possibly when sunny mostly, but after the small amount of research I've done, it occurs to me I may be seeing some sort of radio or electromagnetic waves.
First off, everything that you see is electromagnetic waves since that is what light is.
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The colours range from large bright blue to most any other colour that cause an aura around clouds. They seem to change all the time and I can only liken it to the northern lights but on a smaller scale. I hope you can shed some 'light' on this please!
Often time the light is refracted in clouds and the white light will be separated into different colors much like a rainbow.  The colors will usually be around the fringes of the clouds.  Hope that answers your question.
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Re: Are strange colours I see in the clouds electromagnetic waves?
« Reply #2 on: 21/01/2022 22:16:14 »
The technical term is Coprolite...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprolite
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Re: Are strange colours I see in the clouds electromagnetic waves?
« Reply #3 on: 22/01/2022 13:50:49 »
Quote from: evan_au on 21/01/2022 22:16:14
The technical term is Coprolite...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprolite
Seems a bit off topic... ;)
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Re: Are strange colours I see in the clouds electromagnetic waves?
« Reply #4 on: 22/01/2022 14:49:30 »
Quote from: evan_au on 21/01/2022 22:16:14
The technical term is Coprolite...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprolite
Maybe not.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_iridescence
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Re: Are strange colours I see in the clouds electromagnetic waves?
« Reply #5 on: 26/01/2022 14:30:20 »
I'm not sure. Is this a new occurrence or something that you always have had, although maybe not thinking of it? There is something called thetrachromacy  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrachromacy and it seems as if some very small percentage of humanity has it.. Then you have the way the brain decode signals, If you would f,ex ingest D-lysergic acid diethylamide, no I'm not telling you to do it, aka 'acid' you might find most everything, flowers and colors, to become subtly altered to you, more vibrant and just different from your normal expectations. The brain learns by genes and so called 'instincts,' combined with trail and error, to filter most everything we experience, What's 'normal' to us is this filtered version of reality. So check your eyes first and maybe try a health check if that doesn't explain it.
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