Rainbow cloud?

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  1. Orleander

    Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    OK, how does this happen? Is it photo shopped?

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  3. Me-Ki-Gal

    Me-Ki-Gal Banned Banned

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    might be. Great photo still even if . Could be the sun coming in the clouds or symbolic of the rainbow serpent coming in the clouds . Peacock angel theology symmetry combined with all the other religions rapped up into one. Coming in the clouds with Great Glory comes to my mind . Or it could be similar to a witches ring around the moon caused by ice crystals in the atmosphere
     
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  5. Rhaedas

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    Might be an overexposure that makes the colors enhanced.
     
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  8. Me-Ki-Gal

    Me-Ki-Gal Banned Banned

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    that could be it easily . Catching all the spectrum of light by the overexposure

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    Well Ice crystals seem to be answer after all . She girl is so good at illustrating . I only know of one as worthy , Happy Thoth
     
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  9. Trippy

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    It's just irridescent clouds.

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    Here's the Wikipedia entry on cloud irridecence

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  10. Orleander

    Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    I've never seen one. Are they usually in one section of the world or can they happen anywhere? Certain time of day or year?
     
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    They can happen anywhere, I've seen them myself, but the conditions required for them to occur are uncommon.
     
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  13. Orleander

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    oooo Trippy. Thanks for the pics!
     
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  16. Orleander

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    $%^&$ why haven't I seen this yet. I miss all the good stuff :bawl:
     
    Orleander, Aug 27, 2011
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  17. chimpkin

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    I've seen a few of those, I always caled them "cloudbows," lacking the proper term
     
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  18. wynn

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    I've seen a rainbow in the morning once, in the Western sky. Rare.
     
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  19. Me-Ki-Gal

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    I have never seen one . I have seen the Aurora Borealis thou . Many times . One time was extremely lively
     
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  20. cosmictraveler

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    cosmictraveler, Aug 27, 2011
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  21. Orleander

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    why is it rare???
     
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  22. wlminex

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    It's NOT a rare phenomenon . . . common out here in the wilds of the US southwest (e.g., New Mexico) . . . these are called "Sun Dogs" . . . or, "Ojos de Dios" by american indian cultures . . . and are related to frozen moisture particulates in high-altitude clouds.

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    wlminex, Sep 16, 2011
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  23. Dywyddyr

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    Sun dogs aren't rainbow clouds.
     
    Dywyddyr, Sep 16, 2011
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