A rainbow, or "sundog" in cirrus clouds, which are comprised of ice. Unlike rainbows, which are reflective (from the inside surfaces of falling raindrops) , sundogs appear in the same direction as the sun, within a circle around it. These can be seen from the ground, but always appear far away, because cirrus clouds exist only at stratospheric altitudes. Since we were flying at 25,000 feet at this time, we were beside or inside the very clouds producing the rainbows.
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avaDarlene 69 months ago | reply
wow wow again
JoeB71567 69 months ago | reply
excellent capture
You deserve an AWARD!
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amorcitos 69 months ago | reply
holy cow - brilliant!
björnt [deleted] 69 months ago | reply
Excellent photograhy, you really deserved an award !
Would you perhaps allow these spectacular parhelia images to be linked or uploaded to these following websites ?
www.atoptics.co.uk/index.htm
www.meteoros.de/indexe.htm
Parhelia images are not often made from an aircraft at the same height as the cirrus clouds, that makes these images very special.