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LMK6d ago
#asknostr Have you ever seen an upside down rainbow?
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Dan Wedge6d ago
Very cool shot. Not sure if I have seen one
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GeoFitz6d ago
Yes that is called an ice halo Very cool Was the sun above it?
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LMK6d ago
πŸ™ƒ I did think about that! Turns out it's a circumzenithal arc -- "an optical phenomenon caused by the refraction of sunlight through plate-shaped hexagonal ice crystals in high-altitude cirrus or cirrostratus clouds. It appears as a vivid, colorful arc centered on the zenith (directly overhead), often mistaken for a rainbow due to its bright, prismatic colors. Unlike rainbows, which form opposite the sun and result from light refracting through raindrops, the circumzenithal arc forms when sunlight enters the top face of ice crystals and exits through a side face, creating a distinct upside-down appearance with colors ranging from violet at the top to red at the bottom."
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LMK6d ago
Ok cool!! The sun was below it
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LMK6d ago
It really didn't make sense in my brain having the sun below it. Because I've seen them around the sun, but never looking like a smiley face!
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GeoFitz6d ago
You might have seen the beginnings of that top arc which looks like the upside down rainbow… Either way very cool dance of gravity and optics πŸ‘
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