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Really nice circumhorizonal arc today! Similar to a rainbow, light from the Sun is refracted by ice in citrus clouds, and the geometry forms a straight line above the horizon.
I caught something like this once. a different type of cloud but same rainbow prism effect
That's a parhelia, or sundog!
I believe I saw the same thing a few days ago. The picture couldn't quite capture full natural rainbow spectrum coloration.
yeah I thought mine was cool as a walked across the yard to a different sitting area and that's was when I could capture the majesty.
Very cool! I was just out working and grocery shopping, and there it was in front of me.
Parhelia and halos are very common! People just don't tend to look at the sky much. I *always* do, so I see lots of things like this.
People: but CNY is always cloudy!
Me: yeah, what a bummer 🙄
