"History is a wonderful thing, if only it was true"
-Tolstoy

Saturday, October 22, 2005

The Answer ...Circumzenithal Arc

Circumzenithal Arc

"The circumzenithal arc is the most beautiful of all the halos. The first sighting is always a surprise, an ethereal rainbow fled from its watery origins and wrapped improbably about the zenith. It is often described as an 'upside down rainbow' by first timers. Someone also charmingly likened it to 'a grin in the sky'.

Look straight up near to the zenith when the sun if fairly low and especially if sundogs are visible. The centre of the bow always sunwards and red is on the outside."

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