Saturday, November 13, 2010

Fire Rainbows

Fire Rainbows is not made of fire, the name for this beautiful optical effect is "circumhorizontal arc". This phenomenon can be seen only in certain specific conditions such as cirrus clouds, which act like prisms must be located at an altitude of 20,000 feet and the sun should highlight when they are at a height of 58-68 degrees. Fire Rainbows was never seen at a location more than 55 degrees north or south.

Rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomena in the form of multicolored light parallel to one another that looked at the sky or other medium. In the sky, a rainbow appears as an arc light with a tip that led to the horizon at the time of light rain. Rainbow can also be seen around the rushing waterfall.

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