- Scattering of light by cloud droplets in a small shower cloud
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- Scattering of light (light scatter by cloud droplets). A small shower cloud has a soft, mostly frozen anvil hanging back from the base in a light flow aloft. The aging anvil is darker because it is composed of a diffuse, mostly horizontal patch of ice crystals and reflects light poorly. By comparison, the denser vertical parts filled with fine water droplets offers much better reflective surface.
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