Gregory's Server#PPOD: Pictured, behind this darker cloud, is a pileus iridescent cloud, a group of water droplets that have a uniformly similar size and so together diffract different colors of sunlight by different amounts. T Also captured were unusual cloud ripples above the pileus cloud. The formation of a rare pileus cloud capping a common cumulus cloud is an indication that the lower cloud is expanding upward and might well develop into a storm. Credit: Jiaqi Sun
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     @setiinstitute More here (it was taken in China), with a direct link to the photographer: https://science.nasa.gov/iridescent-pileus-cloud-over-china  @setiinstitute @Catfish_Man That’s a might long way of saying, “This isn’t an alien spaceship landing, promise!” ;) @setiinstitute Gee, this has serious "Nope" vibes!   |
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Looks like a pride float.