Effects!

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Effects!

(Unusual Colours of the clouds: a sign that the weather is going quickly to get worse, as I have learned from SP members!)

Antonio Giani

on Jun 18, 2004 1:26 am

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Lat/Lon: 45.52110°N / 7.33100°E

Image ID: 57399

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tommi - Dec 15, 2006 9:58 am - Voted 10/10

Fantastic

Fantastic colours, Really amazing

Antonio Giani - Dec 16, 2006 7:27 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Fantastic

Thanks!

Antonio

Antonio Giani - Apr 24, 2007 2:29 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Nice!!

Grazie Erica!!!

Ciao Antonio

Mark Straub - Jan 11, 2008 7:51 pm - Voted 10/10

Amazing!

I have never before seen clouds so colorful as these. Excellent capture!
-Mark

Antonio Giani - Jan 12, 2008 1:29 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Amazing!

Ancora grazie Mark...

Ciao Antonio

stanante - Mar 9, 2009 8:05 pm - Hasn't voted

Beautiful

I'm not an expert but this looks like the classic signs of a circumhorizontal arc. They are not uncommon and are formed from the hexagonal faced plate crystals in cirrus clouds of the troposphere regions. The most common atmospheric optical effect is a 22º radius halo. There are a load more incredible effects but they are mostly seen at the poles.