You Won't Believe These Astounding Nature Photos Are Real

Circumhorizontal Arc

This incredible optical phenomenon is an ice halo formed by the refraction of sunlight or moonlight in plate-shaped ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere, usually in cirrus or cirrostratus clouds. The arc in its full form generally appears to be a rainbow spectrum running parallel to the horizon.

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