Something that has puzzled me for years

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Andy Edwards Posts: 1900 Joined: 14th Mar 2008 Location: UK	quotePosted at 22:53 on 10th April 2008 Thank you kindly Len, that seems to make sense. And thank you Sue, a brownie point well and truly deserved. Feeling dandy Andy. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Sue H Posts: 8172 Joined: 29th Jun 2007 Location: USA	quotePosted at 16:24 on 15th December 2009 I'm puzzled as to where Andy is . We do miss you, friend . My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Ron Brind Posts: 19041 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England	quotePosted at 16:27 on 15th December 2009 Copy... My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Ron Brind Posts: 19041 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England	quotePosted at 20:08 on 22nd March 2010 Yeah, we still miss you Andy. Looking forward to you getting a new service provider. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
lancashirelove Posts: 1986 Joined: 18th Feb 2009 Location: UK	quotePosted at 10:23 on 23rd March 2010 On 25th March 2008 19:03, Andy Edwards wrote: Can anyone out there explain why the moon can be seen through clouds, yet the sun can't!??? You'd think it would be the other way around, with the sun being brighter, but there we are. I've noticed stars can't be seen through them either, so it can't have anything to do with the colour of the sky (or contrasting light and dark) First one to tell me wins a very large bag of crisps.(You choose the flavour) for my 2 pennies worth, i think that the rays from the sun are direct rays of high scattered light. cloud is made up of drops of water so when a striaght ray of light hits the droplet the light is bent as in a prisumn, scattering an unfocussed coloured beam and brightening the cloud making the suns image invisible. The Moon doesnt send out direct rays, only refected light in the shape of the moons surface. Thin cloud will not 'bend' (refraction) this image and set against a dark night sky the cloud acts in the same way as a lace or net curtain, allowing the image to show through. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Shirley K. Lawson Posts: 2310 Joined: 17th Jul 2008 Location: USA	quotePosted at 18:51 on 23rd March 2010 Good thing he didn't add UFO's beign seen in clouds at night..I say one is direct light, the other is reflected light. depending on intensity of light is what makes the object it seen through clouds...and rather they are thick or thin. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
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