cloud rainbow by Richardphotos
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Description
"rainbows in the sky" or clouds that have brilliant colors.
It's due to those high, wispy clouds . Those clouds are made of tiny ice crystals, and if the cloud is at the right angle to the sun, the crystals will refract the sunlight (much like a prism) into the colors of the rainbow.
So it's very similar to a regular rainbow-when-it's-raining, only a little more rare.
thanks for viewing and any comments
the two specks are a bird and a Southwest airline jet.I have seen such clouds before but they were near the horizon and only with a 300 lens
Comments (98)
psycho56
very nice
abuyhia
Awesome shot, cool image!
emmecielle
Excellent photo as always!!! :)
RodolfoCiminelli
Excellent photo and great sky my friend.....!!!!
carlx
Wow!!! Fantastic find and capture, Richard!!!
Darkwish
I like it! Nice shot!
NytsMom
awesome photo, you never fail to give us beautiful nature shots.
Ravenlady
It´s a cool and nice photo Richard! great
flora-crassella
hübsch, hübsch - und gleich noch zwei große Vögel als "Zugabe" !
1010
Soft, billowy and beautiful Richard.
tallpindo
We get pink and yellow on our clouds in the winter looking East around midday when the sun is well West. This appears at the base.
Igolochka
Beautiful aky and wonderful unusual clouds:)
B_PEACOCK
Looks pretty cool Richard
fredster66
Beautiful find and capture!
durleybeachbum
Delicate and beautiful!
ralph49
Very subtle rainbow colors....congrats on the find & capture
NekhbetSun
How very cool and pretty Richard ! ....I've never seen the likes of this before :o)....timely and super capture ! H u g s
magnus073
I've never seen anything like them before myself Richard and thanks for the details on them to help me enjoy them even more.
schonee
Oh yes very cool great capture. Have a wonderful weeked
photostar
You have captured so much depth in these clouds...they seem to go on forever. How small and insignificant the jet seems way up there among the clouds.
MrsRatbag
Gorgeous! I've seen these before too, and they're amazing - really excellent capture!
tetsu-pino
Very beautiful sky!! Excellent capture!!
lucyjo
Awesome capture!
Janiss
Sublim capture Richard!
BessieB
Great depth, beautiful
mapps
beautiful :-)
Heathcroft
I believe! Great to see!
babuci
Amazing soft colors, you had a great time capturing these wonders I am sure.
magg_ca
Nice shot again
MrsLubner
The light is divided by the prisms created within the clouds much like that scene in PollyAnna when she holds the crystal up and creates rainbows on the wall. This is gorgeous and its a special moment captured very well.