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)
DarkStormCrow
Excellent!
Iceshark39
Skyfire! Such a rare and beautiful treat to see it captured so well. Beautiful shot!
DRAKELOT
Xcellent photo Richard, looks awesome full size
jocko500
think it called a dog leg or dog something. cool shot
Angelwave
good catch
bpclarke
Beautiful shot. Bunny
2Loose2Trek Online Now!
Cool!
amota99517
This is very beautiful!!!
npauling
How about that, you have caught a very rare event here. Excellent.
loligagger
Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!
MarciaGomes
ESPLÊNDIDA FOTO MEU AMIGO VOCÊ É MUITO CRIATIVO.+++++++++5
Osper
Another nicely done capture
three_grrr
Not ever seen on of these, just regular rainbows! Awesome stuff!!
Minda
really excellent capture...mr richard...
Blush
You capture these so beautiful.... I love how other colors somehow meld into the other clouds... Awesome and hope you have a good weekend Hugs Susan~
micturn
Nice one
pennykay
Fantatic shot Richard!
eekdog
very soft looking. steve
lizzibell
Beautiful...
Hendesse
Fantastic colors and mood. Excellent capture, looks impressive!
melevos
EXCELLENT!!!!!!
virginiese
Interesting phenomenom ! Great capture !
kenmo
Beautiful sky...!!!
DanB-Creations
Wow! Fantastic!
MagikUnicorn
Oh I saw birds far away in sky ;-)
Jay-el-Jay
A good picture of this interesting phenomena.
claude19
Great photo Richard !
furuta
Wow... clouds of rainbow!! great shot.
sharky_
A wonderful capture.... Aloha
praep
Great shot.