Decoding the extremely rare phenomenon behind art masterpieces 'Screams'

Scientists have deciphered the mystery of the sky that appears in this "Scream".

It is not wrong to say that the " The Scream " picture of the illustrator Edvard Munch is one of the artistic masterpieces of human history.

Countless mysteries have been deciphered behind this famous picture. And the image of the "blazing red" sky in The Scream masterpiece has also caused scientists to go head-on in finding the solution.

Despite many theories, the University of Oslo scientists recently said that the image of nacre clouds is the inspiration for the other great painter to create his masterpiece.

Reportedly, artist Edvard Munch created 4 versions of the Scream from 1893 - 1910. The most famous is the orange-based version with the image of a person hugging his head with a shocked face.

In 2004, American astronomers theorized that the author was inspired to paint the orange-red sky that erupted in Krakatoa volcano in 1883.

Volcanic dust flew into the air, resulting in a fire-colored sunset, taking place throughout the region for several years.

However, new research presented at the European Geological Science Federation meeting in Vienna shows a rare natural phenomenon - nacreous clouds .

Nacreous Clouds is a form of cloud formed in extremely cold areas of the low stratosphere, at an altitude of 15,000 - 25,000m.

Colorful nacre clouds look extremely eye-catching.

They look like thin films, curled up and flattened, spread all over, suddenly shrinking in the sky, glowing dark and dark.
Because nacre clouds are higher than normal clouds, the surrounding air is very cold, often down to -85 ° C.
Nacreous clouds are made up of small particles that freeze and position high to allow them to receive sunlight. When touching the particles, the light is refracted, divided into many brilliant colors.

Because it is quite thin, clouds of nacre are not visible during the day but "visible" before sunrise or after sunset.

Head of research - Ms. Helene Muri of Oslo University said: "We discovered clouds of nacre that appeared in the author's area in the late 19th century ."

Edvard Munch was probably frightened when the sky suddenly turned dark red, and a high probability showed that nacre clouds were a source of inspiration for him to pen this work.

Muri said that there are many hypotheses given and this is probably the most logical solution. The answer is taken naturally to explain the panic, suffering as well as the inspiration to draw the unique sky of the artist Edvard Munch when composing the "Scream" painting.