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Sunday, October 28, 2007

Have you ever seen a rainbow cloud?

Taken in June of this year, this is what is known as a circumhorizontal arc ... "The arc isn't a rainbow in the traditional sense—it is caused by light passing through wispy, high-altitude cirrus clouds. The sight occurs only when the sun is very high in the sky (more than 58° above the horizon). What's more, the hexagonal ice crystals that make up cirrus clouds must be shaped like thick plates with their faces parallel to the ground.When light enters through a vertical side face of such an ice crystal and leaves from the bottom face, it refracts, or bends, in the same way that light passes through a prism. If a cirrus's crystals are aligned just right, the whole cloud lights up in a spectrum of colors."—Victoria Gilman

Amazing isn't it? I was picking up my son from school when I saw this and we literally ran home so I could get my camera and take pictures. This is a rare occurrence and we're so lucky we saw this.

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This entry was posted on Sunday, October 28, 2007 at 2:27 PM. There are . You can leave your comment here.

  1. Blogger Kate | October 28, 2007 at 4:28 PM |  

    amazing pic - what a sight!!! x

  2. Anonymous Anonymous | October 28, 2007 at 4:52 PM |  

    OMG thats beautiful z

  3. Blogger DigiscrapMom | October 28, 2007 at 5:07 PM |  

    awesome!!!! thanks for sharing! :)

  4. Blogger Simone | October 29, 2007 at 3:57 AM |  

    wow, that's amazing =)

  5. Blogger Marina | October 29, 2007 at 10:42 AM |  

    what beauiful colours in the sky it look just wonderful :~) xx

  6. Blogger Unknown | October 29, 2007 at 5:30 PM |  

    WOW how amazing! You are soooo lucky to have seen that, well done on getting such a great shot of it. x

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