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#1
11-19-2006, 05:30 PM
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Pretty Photograph
This is a FIRE RAINBOW ? a rather rare naturally occuring atmospheric phenomena.
The picture was captured on the Idaho/Washington border. The event lasted about one hour. Clouds have to be Cirrus, at least 20,000 feet up, with just the right amount of ice crystals, and sunlight has to hit the clouds at precisely 58 degrees of angle. You can see a jet contrail in the right center of the photo. Have any of ya'll ever seen this? 
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#2
11-19-2006, 05:52 PM
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Magnificent! Another Masterpiece presented in exquisite fashion by the Great Spirit!
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11-20-2006, 06:22 AM
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A fire rainbow is known scientifically as a CIRCUMHORIZONTAL ARC.
It is more accurately a HALO rather than a rainbow, since it is refraction of light from ice crystals rather than water droplets. Here is a NOAA photo of a fire rainbow near Spokane.
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#5
11-20-2006, 08:43 AM
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Liked the rainbow, as Arrow said masterpeice by the Great Spirit.
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#6
11-20-2006, 01:48 PM
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Pretty cool stuff!
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11-20-2006, 02:29 PM
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Steve
Thanks for yet another magnificient example of God's handiwork!
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#9
11-21-2006, 12:36 AM
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I've been wanting to go photograph the moonbow at Cumberland Falls State Park in Kentucky.
Miss Baby and I (and Terry Paul) stopped by there in broad daylight on the way back from Cincinnati when I picked up my bike. Photos are lovely, by the way
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