Rainbow?

lorraine - Aug 28, 2008 04:56 AM EDT
Thanks Lesley for looking in, I saw this some time ago, this image was taken on film, I hurried to photograph it but it lasted for some time, but it did spread out more and was not quite so dramatic as it did, I have never seen another since.

Lesley - Aug 28, 2008 12:39 AM EDT
I saw this once at our place(before we got a digital camera). I looked it up and I think it's called a nacre cloud (nacre - mother of pearl). Absolutely beautiful. You are so clever to capture this before it disappeared :-)

Guest - Sep 30, 2007 03:44 PM EDT
Thankyou A.Lovely, I have never seen clouds with these colours since, it was very interesting.

Guest - Sep 29, 2007 10:39 PM EDT
lorraine this is one wonderful photo. The color and the clouds are just breathtaking. The sky well, it's all very nice.

Guest - Apr 19, 2007 04:56 PM EDT
Thanks Whittler for looking in, Ive had lots of interesting inform on this image, it's being a great help.

Guest - Apr 19, 2007 03:04 PM EDT
WOW!! fantastic.

Guest - Apr 18, 2007 09:40 PM EDT
thankyou km, I'm pleased I caught it as well as I did.

Guest - Apr 18, 2007 08:57 PM EDT
Similar to a "sun dog" and the film did a great job of capturing that beautiful color. Well done.

Guest - Apr 18, 2007 08:10 PM EDT
Thank you Carol, just something a little different, I'm glad you like it.

Guest - Apr 18, 2007 06:59 PM EDT
Beautiful Rainbow. Carol

Guest - Apr 18, 2007 04:52 PM EDT
Thankyou Anne it was lovely to see and I haven't seen any thing like it since.

Guest - Apr 18, 2007 03:37 PM EDT
How very fortunate you were to see this, let alone get a picture of it. It looks like "A FIRE RAINBOW - THE RAREST OF ALL NATURALLY OCCURING ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA." The Spirit was with you that day, *grin". Awe-Inspirng picture!!!!

Guest - Apr 18, 2007 07:09 AM EDT
Thankyou steve & Tania, glad you both liked it, sorry Steve I just can't remember if the weather changed ot not, put it is quite possible it did, interesting information, I now know much more about it than when I listed it.

Guest - Apr 18, 2007 05:22 AM EDT
What a fantastic sight to see glad you captured it for us to share

Guest - Apr 18, 2007 03:51 AM EDT
Did the weather change after you saw this? High cirrus cloud of this type is usually an indication of a weather front approaching, and rain not too far off!

Guest - Apr 18, 2007 12:03 AM EDT
Thanks Alan for looking in and help on this one, I see what you mean with ice crystals, thats very interesting and would explain it completely, thankyou very much for that.

Guest - Apr 17, 2007 10:54 PM EDT
Beautiful view Lorraine.. I read or saw about this someplace. It is like a rainbow, it is caused by the sun reflecting off the moisture or small ice crystals in the clouds. It has a name but I can't remember what it is.

Guest - Apr 17, 2007 10:16 PM EDT
Thank you Golda for looking in, it's odd, the colours were only in the clouds, as the clouds drifted out it spread and got lighter, but was visible for about a hour, till the clouds drifted further away. it looked very pretty.

Guest - Apr 17, 2007 09:33 PM EDT
Bizarre color.Almost looks like the Northern Lights that we see here in Canada,but not in the daylight.