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I Found, VIA FB @ https://www.facebook.com/IFeakingLoveScience/photos/a.456449604376056.98921.367116489976035/822203997800613/?type=1&theater
'Fire rainbows'.
The rainbow effect is created when tiny ice crystals in the water vapour of clouds reflect the sunlight at the exact right angle. The sight is rare and has only ever been photographed a couple of times.
Images: (L) Ken Rotberg (R) UC Santa Barbara Geography, via ScienceAlert.
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'Fire rainbows' (Original Post)
Lady Freedom Returns
May 2014
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shenmue
(38,506 posts)1. Wow
Bet some people mistook 'em for UFOs.
Autumn
(45,066 posts)2. I was working in the garden one day and looked up and saw
clouds and the rainbow just like the one on the left. Got pictures of it. Cool.
warrior1
(12,325 posts)3. Pretty but why don't they call them ice crystal rainbows
Terra Alta
(5,158 posts)4. very beautiful.
never knew this existed. Hope to see it at least once in my lifetime!