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Offline einzack

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What causes this?
« on: May 17, 2012, 07:46:59 PM »
a photo i took at work yesterday. i don't think i have ever seen something like this before. any idea what causes it?
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Re: What causes this?
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2012, 08:07:22 PM »
Was the sun off to the right of shot?
Looks like refraction thru the spray.
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Re: What causes this?
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2012, 08:15:48 PM »
Looks like a rainbow. Sun could be behind him as well?
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Re: What causes this?
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2012, 09:25:40 PM »
it was taken at ~8.30am and i was looking NE, so a reflection would make sense...
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Re: What causes this?
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2012, 09:46:55 PM »
Refraction obviously, but water vapour or ice-crystal (Sun-dog). It looks like the far right hand side of a rainbow, the Sun would be approx. 103 deg at that time ?, so just about possible.

I think it may be a variant of this:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3701451/Amazing-technicloud-rainbow.html
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Re: What causes this?
« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2012, 07:26:13 AM »
I think the fact that you are well elevated lends to the intrigue with the valley cloud and mist below you.  What height were you at? 2500ft? 

Yes I think it is the start of a rainbow whether in cloud vapour or ice crystals of a cirrus layer it is hard to say to the uneducated eye... :)
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Re: What causes this?
« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2012, 09:03:02 AM »
maybe its a sundog in the high cirrus cloud
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Re: What causes this?
« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2012, 09:54:42 AM »
i took it from 565m, so 1850ft.
here's another taken with no zoom showing where the sun was in relation to the feature.
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Re: What causes this?
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Re: What causes this?
« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2012, 10:49:45 PM »
I would go for the sun dog, myself.
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