Between the late 1800s and early 1900s, artist Edvard Munch created four versions of his magnum opus The Scream, which depicts a man enduring extreme psychological anguish while alone on a bridge beneath a raging blood-red sky. One Scream artwork broke auction records in 2012 when it sold for nearly $120 million .

For centuries art historians and enthusiasts have understood the tempestuous weather conditions depicted in the work as a symbolic representation of existential dread, as experienced by one very pale, very bald man.

But during a talk held Tuesday at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly in Vienna, the University of Olsos Dr. Helene Muri posited that perhaps Munch wasnt painting stomach-churning angst at all , but simply crazy clouds.