I saw this strange sky view (not a Sundog) and had to check out what it was. Wikipedia says, “Iridescent clouds are a diffraction phenomenon caused by small water droplets or small ice crystals individually scattering light.”
© Sheila Creighton 2013
Iridescent Clouds
Posted on by Sheila Creighton •
Posted in Sky Views
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Tagged clouds, colors, colours, copyright, diffraction, phenomenon, photography, sun
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12 Comments
Imagery of Light 
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Thanks for the re-blog!
You are welcome Sheila 😀 😀
How beautiful and unusual.
I know – I had no idea. Now, I will be looking for it again 🙂
Kind of a rainbow within the clouds – quite beautiful, I’ve never seen anything like this before, you were very lucky to catch it! 😀
It’s something new to me and now I will keep my eyes open for more! 🙂
Beautiful!! I’ve seen the effect but have never managed good pictures!! 😉
thanks -it was tricky since it was so close to the sun. just out of frame is the side of a building giving me a good block.
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thanks aj – now we’ll both be looking!
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