cloud rainbow by Richardphotos

Photography • Atmosphere/Mood • posted on Aug 08, 2008

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"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