By 11:44, the rainbow effect had all but disappeared.
Was our rainbow cloud a circumhorizontal arc, sometimes called the rarest sky phenomenon in nature? (See this National Geographic item.) I'm glad we saw it, whatever it was.
Sunday, February 18, 2007
A rainbow cloud
Sydney spotted this rainbow cloud over our house at midday on Feb. 11. I was able to capture two shots of it before it vanished. These two photos were taken nine seconds apart, at 11:42 a.m. Eastern.
By 11:44, the rainbow effect had all but disappeared.
Was our rainbow cloud a circumhorizontal arc, sometimes called the rarest sky phenomenon in nature? (See this National Geographic item.) I'm glad we saw it, whatever it was.
By 11:44, the rainbow effect had all but disappeared.Was our rainbow cloud a circumhorizontal arc, sometimes called the rarest sky phenomenon in nature? (See this National Geographic item.) I'm glad we saw it, whatever it was.
I saw a similar effect going home to Barnwell this past weekend, just a couple of miles outside of town. I was so excited I called on the cell to tell my family to look at it.
ReplyDeleteMomma: Tell Forrest I'm doing the dishes now. I'll look later.
Sister: I looked. Now quit talking about it.
Daddy (asleep)