While parts of Norway are struggling with storms, large parts of Eastern Norway woke up to clear weather and colorful skies. Lars Svartedal in Skiptvedt promises to remind himself that getting up in the morning in winter is not so bad after all. – We tend to worry about the darkness of November and December, but then we forget the beautiful sunrises. With rainbow colors in blue and yellow and red, it’s absolutely fantastic, he says. Svartedal is among the many who have shared photos of mother-of-pearl clouds in Eastern Norway on Monday morning. Clouds over Son captured by Tor Aage Hansen. Heidi Stelin has taken a picture of these beautiful clouds. Tjølling in Larvik, the picture was taken by Odd Ivar Langegard. Mother-of-pearl clouds during the crossing between Horten-Moss today. Photo: Jan-Eivind Kvam-Andersen Beautiful mother-of-pearl clouds appeared over Skedsmokorset, photo: Kåre Gøran TjelteMother-of-pearl clouds over Kampen early Monday. The picture was taken by Siddharth SareenBjørn-Olav Solheim took this picture in Fjellhamar.Pearl clouds in Tønsberg. Photo: Ingrid Marie Brunborg The phenomenon of brightly colored clouds in the sky this morning here captured on mobile from the 4th floor from the block at Ullernåsen station, writes Anne Jorunn Midgaard Berg who took this photo. Geir Klund took this photo from the donut cart at the Morenen shopping center. – We can’t remember seeing such colorful clouds. We’ve probably seen pearl clouds before, but not such a great, concentrated cloud as this one, with that color and that spectrum in it, says Svartedal. He and his wife were sitting at the breakfast table in Skiptvet when they spotted two clouds close together with all the colors of the rainbow in them. – I’m only 61 years old, but I don’t remember seeing it there earlier in my life, he says. Sun on ice crystals On-duty meteorologist Rebecca Roggentin says that mother-of-pearl clouds have been observed by many on Monday morning. – The sun shines on these clouds, which are ice crystals, and then the rays are bent off and then it turns into nice colours, she says. Photo taken today at 9 writes Rebekka Alne.”Hi, when I delivered my daughter to school she spotted rainbow clouds in Asker. After I got back home I took some pictures of these. Absolutely fantastic colours!” Writes Christopher Bach. Christopher Bach The meteorologist explains that these clouds form in the stratosphere, while ordinary clouds form in the troposphere. They are located very high up at an altitude of 20-30 kilometers. Strong winds over the mountain and a wave movement cause moisture to rise high and quickly freeze to ice. Did you see pearly clouds on Monday? Yes! No No, don’t live in Eastern Norway Yes, but it wasn’t that impressive Show result When the sun shines on these clouds, we get the phenomenon that many have immortalized. – Today we had clear weather and then we had very strong winds over the mountains. So then we got to see these, says the meteorologist. She believes the clouds could most likely have been seen over the whole of Eastern Norway. – Because we have had westerly winds that have gone over the mountains. And it is often on the lee sides of the mountains that we see them, explains Roggentin. Published 16.12.2024, at 09.42 Updated 16.12.2024, at 10.10
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