Before the major quake in China in 2008 there were strange clouds

[theophilus]

with colors seen. Here is a link for that:

http://digg.com/environment/Bizarre_Glowing_Color_Clouds_Seen_30_Min_Before_China_Quake


Has anyone mentioned something like that happening in Haiti?

[timeforpeace]

1. How exactly would that happen? Seems unrelated.

[theophilus]

2. I have no idea but I seem to remember discussion at the time saying

that such things had been seen before other major quakes. I can't remember the sources for that comment.

[gateley]

4. I seem to remember that, too. nt

[Emit]

6. Earthquake cloud

Earthquake cloud

Earthquake cloud
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Earthquake clouds are clouds claimed to be signs of imminent earthquakes. They have been described in antiquity: In chapter 32 of his work Brihat Samhita, Indian scholar Varahamihira (505 – 587) discussed a number of signs warning of earthquakes, including extraordinary clouds occurring a week before the earthquake.<1> In modern times, a few scientists claim to have observed clouds associated with a seismic event, sometimes more than 50 days in advance of the earthquake. Some have even claimed to accurately predict earthquake occurrences by observing clouds.<2><3> However, these claims have very little support in the scientific community.<4>




Resources
1 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/39647948.cms
2 http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a783054959~db=all~order=page
3 http://www.earthquakesignals.com/
4 Curious cloud formations linked to quakes - Distinctive cloud formations were spotted above an active fault in Iran before each of two large earthquakes occurred (New Scientist, 11 April 2008)
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_cloud"

[havocmom]

3. Have heard theories about gasses being released at fault lines, as things move prior to a quake

Grew up in California. Pricked up my ears to many interesting theories.

[Posteritatis]

5. They're just iridescent clouds. Perfectly mundane, not quake-related at all. (nt)

[theophilus]

7. Thanks for this. (Thanks to others who commented as well.) It looks like

those clouds were just a coincidence.

[niyad]

8. or possibly what are called sunbows?

had occasion to look this up as a result of seeing a huge ring around the sun for a time yesterday:

sun·bow (snb)
n.
A rainbowlike display of colors resulting from refraction of sunlight through a spray of water.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.


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sunbow <ˈsʌnˌbəʊ>
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a bow of prismatic colours similar to a rainbow, produced when sunlight shines through spray
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 6th Edition 2003. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003


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sunbow (snb)
A prismatic arc of colors, similar to a rainbow, resulting from the refraction of sunlight through a mist or spray of water.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sunbow