Friday, January 9, 2009

Nacreous Cloud


Laurent Alquier, a connoisseur of unusual atmospheric phenomena, sent me this photo from his collection, with the following comment:

This is a case of Nacreous Cloud, horizontal rainbow diffused throughout a cloud layer. Apparently, these can be seen in northern countries closer to the pole.


More on nacreous or polar stratospheric clouds, link.
This photo is from the website Dark Roasted Blend, link
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3 comments:

  1. Mark BridgesJanuary 9, 2009 at 12:00 PM

    jet fuel in cloud.

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  2. Ginger*:)January 9, 2009 at 3:51 PM

    REally Stunning! Have you ever seen a Sun Dog? If your photographer friend has one it would be wonderful to see.

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  3. margplumJanuary 9, 2009 at 8:48 PM

    You can find more goodies like this on http://www.spaceweather.com/ and my favorite http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/

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