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Why do clouds stop light?

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Cyclone701

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16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Clouds don't stop light. They reflect light and disperse light. The light is scattered by the water vapor molecules that form the cloud itself. I'm assuming you mean to ask about sunlight, but the same is true for ground lights shining upwards (like klieg lights). Actually, this is a way to see clouds at night, because the clouds will reflect and scatter the light. But they won't stop it. If you are referring to an inability to see stars on a cloudy night, the same mechanisms of reflection and dispersion are at work as at any other time. The night sky just doesn't have a lot of light to offer

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