A White surfaces, whether shirts or clouds, have the property of scattering incident light independently of wavelength. The eye is accustomed to give the quality of whiteness to such a surface when it is illuminated by sunlight from near the zenith which has not been appreciably modified during its passage through the atmosphere.DAY of showers; towering white clouds reach skywards.
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