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Evening sky turns into a rainbow of colors

March 20, 2017 by Tony Leave a Comment

I was expecting a typically gorgeous Colorado sunset on this day not long ago but it was the pre-show about a half hour before that was the best part. Iridescent clouds appeared and turned the sky into a rainbow of colors. It was an awesome one seen from my backyard.

Cloud iridescence is caused by clouds (usually cirrus) that have small water droplets or ice crystals in them causing the light to be diffracted, or spread out. The phenomena is much like the rainbow colors seen with oil in water.

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Stunning iridescent clouds as the sun starts to set north of Denver, Colorado.  (© Tony’s Takes)
Stunning iridescent clouds as the sun starts to set north of Denver, Colorado. (© Tony’s Takes)
Insane iridescent clouds
Insane iridescent clouds
Insane iridescent clouds
Insane iridescent clouds
Insane iridescent clouds
Insane iridescent clouds
Insane iridescent clouds
Insane iridescent clouds
Insane iridescent clouds
Insane iridescent clouds
Insane iridescent clouds
Insane iridescent clouds
Insane iridescent clouds
Insane iridescent clouds
Insane iridescent clouds
Insane iridescent clouds
Insane iridescent clouds
Insane iridescent clouds
A plane flies 'through' iridescent clouds
A plane flies 'through' iridescent clouds
A plane flies 'through' iridescent clouds
A plane flies 'through' iridescent clouds
A plane flies 'through' iridescent clouds
A plane flies 'through' iridescent clouds
Insane iridescent clouds
Insane iridescent clouds
Insane iridescent clouds
Insane iridescent clouds
Insane iridescent clouds
Insane iridescent clouds
Insane iridescent clouds
Insane iridescent clouds
Insane iridescent clouds
Insane iridescent clouds

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