DCHP-3

water sky

Arctic
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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sky having the relatively dark appearance natural to the underside of cloud cover over open (unfrozen) sea.

Quotations

1752
[I noted this in my journal, and concluded that these black watry clouds must be generated in places where the waters are not frozen; for when I observed them at west-by-south, I turned immediately to the east, where I knew was an open sea, and found that the clouds in that point had exactly the same appearance.]
1850
In the western horizon, too, there was evidently, as the mate said, a water sky; though it was impossible to say how far we might actually find a clear sea in that direction if we went there.
1851
On the afternoon of the 28th of August a strong water-sky and heavy bank showed the sea to be close at hand to the south, as well as a strong breeze behind it.
1958
Bare land and open water reflect little or no light and for this reason the clouds above these surfaces are relatively dark (Land Sky, Water Sky).