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Taken by Mark Von Hendy on July 7, 2018 @ Colorado Springs, CO, USA
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  Camera Used: samsung SAMSUNG-SM-J120A
Exposure Time: 1/6369
Aperture: f/2.2
ISO: 50
Date Taken: 2019:07:07 11:31:39
 
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We don't get ice halos often in Colorado Springs, but this was spectacular. The pictures were taken around 11:30 AM MDT; the sun was at least 60 degrees above the horizon and well above the "rainbow." I thought it might be a 45 degree halo, but it had no curvature; it was completely parallel to the horizon. It wasn't iridescent clouds, as it exhibited a full ROYGBIV spectrum. I'm sure I have seenan explanation from Mr. Cowley, but can't remember it. My phone camera really did not capture the intensity of the colors, and I did not try to do any digital enhancement.
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This is a halo phenomenon indeed: the circumhorizontal arc. That is the high-sun opponent of the rainbow-like circumzenithal arc which you can see high in the sky overhead when the sun is low.
Posted by pphv 2019-07-10 03:04:50
 
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