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Circumhorizontal Arc over Snohomish

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Rare "Rainbow"

by SSSly (Subscribe)

Posted on: Jun 25, 2008 at 3:10 PM PDT

Channel: Weather & Scenery

We spotted this rare circumhorizontal arc over our property north of Snohomish at 1:03 today, June 25th 2008.

The phenomenon can occur along with cirrus clouds when the sun is high in the sky.

For more details see

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/06/060619-rainbow-fire.html

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