Satellite view of cloud thickness

How does the thickness of a cloud change the way it looks from the satellite?

This image is in the visible part of the specturm, and the radiant energy is a function of not just temperature, as was the case in the IR example.

Dragging on the cloude changes its thickness and its effective brightness.

You can modify the surface temperature using the black triangle on the horizontal sliding scale. This will, in turn, alter the brightness of the scene.

Questions:

• What happens to the image when you make the cloud thinner?
• What happens to the image when you make the cloud thicker?
• What happens to the image when you decrease the ground temperature?
• What happens to the brightness of the cloud when you change the ground temperature? Why?