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mother-of-pearl cloud
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Noun1.mother-of-pearl cloud - a luminous iridescent cloud at a high altitude that may be seen when the sun is a few degrees below the horizon
cloud - a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude


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Extreme cold temperatures there produce polar stratospheric clouds.
Potential feedback mechanisms include polar stratospheric clouds (Sloan and Pollard 1998) and hurricane-induced ocean mixing (Emanuel et al.
Key chemical reactions that lead to ozone depletion happen on the surface of rare polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs), which form high up in the atmosphere.
 
 
 
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