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Caught up in the clouds
Sky phenomena are not reserved for the night alone. Despite its deceptive appearance, this light show is not a rainbow, but something more unusual. Here a relatively rare instance of a circumhorizontal arc, caused by particular refraction of light, casts vivid colours in the clouds over one of the ESO observatory sites in Chile.
Credit:G. Ávila/ESO
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Id: | 2016-02-1713-00-14-cc |
Type: | Fotografisch |
Publicatiedatum: | 15 september 2016 14:17 |
Grootte: | 3264 x 1836 px |
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Type: | Unspecified : Sky Phenomenon : Light Phenomenon |
Categorie: | Paranal |