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How does sunlight breaking through the clouds demonstrate how light rays travel in?
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Does anything 'solar powered' have to be in direct sunlight in order to work?
It certainly helps. But panels can receive some energy through clouds, windows and from reflectors.
Can sound waves travel through clouds?
Yes, sound waves can travel through clouds.
Why does an airplane shake when it passes through clouds?
It might shake only when passing through turbulence. Clouds may or may not be turbulent. Pilots learn which are and which are not turbulent. Clouds that occur in even layers are very smooth. Thunderheads and lenticulars are often violent and are usually best avoided.
Why clouds are black and not white in rainy season?
The only difference between dark clouds and light clouds are they're thickness. A dark cloud is thikcer than a light cloud so it doesn't let as much light through. SO to answer your question, clouds are black in the rainy season because they are "holding" more water than they hold during the dry season
Why rain occurs when drops of water fall through air?
It's just the way clouds release excess water.
Sunlight passes through but does not heat the earth watercloudsor air?
it does not heat the clouds
What clouds are dark and so full of water that sunlight cant pass through them?
The only clouds on earth that are like this are cumulonimbus.
Do grey clouds mean the clouds are cirrus clouds?
No. When clouds are gray, that means the sunlight can barely shine through them. Usually cirrus clouds are thin, white, and wispy. The clouds you are seeing are probably stratus or altocumulus clouds.
Nimbo clouds produce what type of weather?
Nimbo clouds produce rain. Nimbostratus clouds are full of water, so sunlight cannot get through it, that is why the sky is dark when there are storm clouds above.
What kind of clouds are thick enough to block out sunlight?
cumulonimbus clouds block out sunlight!
What normally happens when there are dark black clouds in the sky?
When there are dark clouds in the sky, it is a sign that a rain shower is eminent. Clouds full of precipitation are much more dense than other clouds and as a result less sunlight can shine through causing the clouds to appear black.
What is it called when there's an opening in the clouds and sunlight is seeping through?
Maybe you are referring to crepuscular rays? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crepuscular_rays
Why do clouds reflect a lot of sunlight?
Clouds are a collection of super-cooled water and ice crystals. As light shines towards clouds, a percentage is reflected by the water/ice. Yet some light and UV radiation still slips through.
what happens to sunlight as it enters the earth's atmosphere?
Sunlight experiences some degree of scattering (technically, Rayleigh Scattering) as it passes through the atmosphere, which causes the sky to appear blue and the sunlight to appear yellow. Some of the sunlight encounters clouds, while some reaches the ground.
How can clouds send sunlight back into space?
Particles in the clouds reflect light in all directions
What kind of cloud is blocking sunlight?
grey clouds
Why are clouds whilte?
Reflected sunlight, which we see as white.
