I observed rainbow (iridescent) clouds early morning on October 18, 2009 from trail to Khumjung, just 500 meters from road fork to Gokyo and Tengboche. I was ahead of my friends, so when I met my Annapurna buddy, who was going to Khumjung (to see Yeti scalp) I decided to go with him for a while. We sat on stones to talk and drink my green tea and suddenly I saw this spectacular phenomena . It was my first time I saw this phenomena and luckily I had my Nikon D90, so I was able to capture it. I called other people's attention (english women) to this, but not sure if they succeeded to capture it with their soap-camera. I was lucky, while my friends miss these clouds. Turbulence, ice crystals in the low cloud and wonderful Himalaya produce this great picture. The mountain is Thamserku (6623 m).
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terrence.peck 18 months ago | reply
Beautiful colors fantastic capture
caorach 18 months ago | reply
Absolutely amazing and a wonderful capture.
picqero 18 months ago | reply
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Sunnycharacter 18 months ago | reply
I can't get over this. I just keep staring. Absolutely superb capture!
Natalia Lewis 18 months ago | reply
Rocks!
Ian Bramham 18 months ago | reply
I've read about these but never seen one for myself - what a great find!
www.amardevsingh.com 18 months ago | reply
Fantastic. Once in a lifetime photograph.
al_lupo photography 17 months ago | reply
spectacle!
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Suraj S 17 months ago | reply
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tinntang 15 months ago | reply
That looks like its gonna be some pretty cool stuff man.
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BlueisCoool 15 months ago | reply
Very nice capture - congrats!
Cricketfern 14 months ago | reply
Do you sell prints of this photo?
Oleg Bartunov 14 months ago | reply
vera_bing 10 months ago | reply
holy moly ! this is awesome !!
saint magenta 9 months ago | reply
*jaw drop*
oenomel2003 9 months ago | reply
Where can I order a print of this beautiful image?
RAHUL SUD PHOTOGRAPHY 6 months ago | reply
Awesome shot