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Old 12-11-2007, 12:06 PM
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Cool Cool rainbow

Just got this in email!

Nice pic, eh?

This is a FIRE RAINBOW – one of the rarest of all naturally occurring atmospheric phenomena.
This picture was captured recently in an area on the Idaho/Washington border.
The even lasted about 1 hour.
The clouds have to be cirrus ; at least 20 000 feet in the air with just the right amount of ice crystals and the sun has to hit the clouds at an angle of precisely 58 degrees.
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