12 September 2011

Photos of fire rainbows

...or circumhorizon arcs, or the mouthful "lower symmetric 46° plate arcs." The term "fire rainbow" is not recognised by atmospheric scientists. The arc is not a rainbow and has nothing to do with fire.

An optical phenomenon - ice-halos formed by plate shaped ice crystals in high level cirrus clouds.





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