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Not a Rainbow

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Nope, this isn't a rainbow. It's a rare ice halo called a circumhorizon arc. I had never seen one of these before; in fact, I had only learned about them less than a week prior to seeing it. My recent fascination with ice halos prompts me to watch the sky specifically when cirrus clouds are about, so when I walked out of church last Sunday and noticed lots of thin, high clouds, I looked up...and saw this. Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera with me, so y'all are stuck with this poor-quality cell phone camera shot that doesn't even come close to showing the brilliant splendor of the real thing.
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I have seen this before, just recently myself (last week) I was confused as I thought it was just a bit of rainbow and wondered how, why etc. This is amazing, that is obviously what it must have been...an ice halo!!!......I have never noticed one before...but will certainly look in the future....wowoow.