Circumhorizontal arc
Taken by Martin Stojanovski on June 20, 2015 @ Oteshevo, Prespa Lake, Macedonia
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  Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure Time: 1/320
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ISO: 100
Date Taken: 2015:06:24 22:40:32
 
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Correction from previous post of photos, as this optical phenomenon aren't Iredescent clouds but Circumhorizontal Arc. A circumhorizontal arc is an optical phenomenon - an ice-halo formed by the refraction of sun- or moonlight in plate-shaped ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere, typically in cirrus or cirrostratus clouds. In its full form, the arc has the appearance of a large, brightly spectrum-coloured band running parallel to the horizon, located below the Sun or Moon. It can be seen at mid-range altitudes, usually around the longest days of the year when the Sun is above 58 degrees on the sky.
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