Ice crystals in Earth's atmosphere sometimes align just right to create various striking visual effects, from a halo around ...

By producing fewer and larger ice crystals, clouds that undergo heterogenous nucleation end up reflecting less solar radiation, but they also allow more radiation from Earth to escape into space.

Clouds are essential to regulating Earth’s climate and energy balance. They cover about 70 percent of the planet’s surface and play a key role in both reflecting sunlight and absorbing heat.

What color is moonlight typically, and what other colors can moonlight look like from our perspective on Earth?

MIKE MOSS SAYS: Bill, Rings around the moon can be caused by ice crystals or by small water droplets in clouds that are shallow enough to allow the moon to be seen behind them, and the ring size ...

In clouds in the mid-to upper atmosphere where temperatures are between 32 and minus 36 F (0 to minus 38 C), ice crystals normally form around mineral dust particles from dry soils or biological ...

While flying over West Texas this past weekend, a man captured a rarely seen weather phenomenon lighting up the sky. Ken Skillern was at the place at the right time when he used his iPhone 14 Pro ...

Well, according to researchers, Earth ice is made up of orderly lattice crystal designs. These all showcase the six-fold symmetry of snowflakes in the underlying structure.

First, there must be a nearly clear night sky. However, in addition ice crystals are needed to be present high in the atmosphere. This is provided by cirrus clouds passing between you and the moon.

The key to more accurate rainfall predictions may lie in the intricate dance of falling snowflakes, a new study has found. The research, observing the physical motion of falling ice crystals, will ...