Storm clouds with silver lining, London N14
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The photograph on this page of Storm clouds with silver lining, London N14 by Christine Matthews as part of the Geograph project.
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Storm clouds with silver lining, London N14
Image: © Christine Matthews Taken: 1 Sep 2008
This bright outline along the edge of the cloud is the silver lining, which occurs when light is diffracted by cloud droplets along the cloud's outer edge. Silver linings are observed around thicker clouds containing larger droplets.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.646027
Longitude
-0.125545