Colourful arc
The landscape around ESO's Paranal Residencia is usually barren and Earth-toned. So when a streak of colour fills the Chilean sky, it lights up the whole scene. Here, we see an uncommon natural phenomenon known as a circumhorizontal arc, where water droplets are refracting the light from the Sun and creating a spectrum of colours high in the sky.
Credit:J. Milli/ESO
About the Image
Id: | iridescent-cloud-cc |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 3 November 2016, 10:35 |
Size: | 5184 x 3456 px |
About the Object
Name: | Paranal Residencia |
Type: | Unspecified : Sky Phenomenon : Light Phenomenon : Cloud |
Category: | Paranal |
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