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    Posted: February/08/2012 at 02:24
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote 3_tens Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February/08/2012 at 11:27
Ice crystals. Its cold up there. Also known as Sun Dogs
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote lucytuma Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February/08/2012 at 14:21
Really neat!
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Originally posted by 3_tens 3_tens wrote:

Ice crystals. Its cold up there. Also known as Sun Dogs
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I refer to something as amazing as this as "God's handy work". 

Very cool!!! 
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Used to encounter them occasionally when flying at high altitude on the edges of Kalifornia deserts...
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very cool......

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote 8shots Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February/09/2012 at 01:45
I,m told it is called a fire rainbow in meterlogical terms. It needs very precise ice crystals at very high altitude and the sun at exactly 58deg or something like that.
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