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The ice crystals in Cirrus, Cirrostratus and aircraft contrails over Singen, Germany formed the optical effect known as a parhelic circle. This is the horizontal bright band of light level with the Sun appearing in the cloud regions.
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Sun Dog over Singen, Germany
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Iridescence over Axamer Lizum, Austria
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Iridescence over Levata, Italy
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Sun Dog over Zerzabelshof, Germany
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A primary rainbow, secondary rainbow and the darker sky between, known as Alexander’s Dark Band, over Eußenheim, Bavaria, Germany
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A sighting of arcs and halos over Nuremberg, Germany.
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A Winter storm over the Shetland Islands.
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A jet aircraft leaves its signature over Nuremburg, Germany.
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A Mammatus formation at sunset, Nuremberg, Germany
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A misty view of the Castle of Sintra, Lisboa, Portugal.
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Laurence Green says:
Hello Doris
It was most pleasing to read your infomrative reply giving us the background circumstance relating to your remarkable photo. I do like your photo muchly.
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Doris Bordon says:
Hey, thanks a lot!
This moment was really astonishing! The reason why I originally came to Sintra was an archaeological monument, which ended just where I took this picture. So I was really expecting NOTHING, just enjoying the view over some misty hills. As an unidentifiable shape began to appear, unveiled little by little by the mist, I became totally tongue-tied. At last it stood there: an imposing monument of grandly morbid architecture, wrapped in a delicate floating haze. Drop-dead gorgeous!
A definite plea from my side for not reading the whole of your tour guide in advance!”
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Laurence Green says:
Hello Doris,
I am mindful of your lovely photo. By recent coincidence I recently came across a remarkable photo of an ethereal Spectre I straightaway linked it to your photo.
Here is the Spectre – highly unsual – taken from NASA’s APOD (Astronomy Picture Of the Day):-
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140823.html
Laurence
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Laurence Green says:
This has all the hallmarks of a lovely fairey tale! I love this! 5* from me.
Thanks, Doris, for this intrinscally mystical view.
Laurence
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An atmospherically and typically bleak portrayal of the deep depths of winter. The colours, hues and textures are marvellous. Only winter provides this – and the clouds make the picture!
Laurence