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Cloud Bank at Sunset Dowagiac, Michigan

To produce vivid sunset colors, a cloud must be high enough to intercept "unadulterated" sunlight...i.e., light that has not suffered attenuation and/...
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To produce vivid sunset colors, a cloud must be high enough to intercept "unadulterated" sunlight...i.e., light that has not suffered attenuation and/or color loss by passing through the atmospheric boundary layer. (The boundary layer is the layer near the surface which contains most of the atmosphere's dust and haze). This largely explains why spectacular shades of scarlet, orange, and red most often grace cirrus and altocumulus layers, but only rarely low clouds such as stratus or stratocumulus.
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Aperture 470/100 ISO 200 Shutter 10/1400 Focal Length 1270/100

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Jun, 2016

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I love the composition and color of this cloud.

Thanks! It was breath taking to see and so wonderful to capture. Most often the only way we get to see clouds like this is when we are in a plane.........