Hello there, my friends! What's new with you today?
Like my title, have you ever seen rainbow clouds? What do you know about it?
[ FUJIFILM XT20 - 135 mm - F8 - 1/1000s]
Here is what I found: " Rainbows form when sunlight shines through raindrops. The water acts as a prism, separating the white light into the colors of the rainbow. In rainbow clouds, ice crystals act as prisms and create colors. The reason why rainbow clouds use ice crystals instead of rain is because of where this phenomenon occurs. Rainbow clouds only form high in the atmosphere, typically in cirrus clouds. Ice crystals make up these clouds because of how high in the sky they are. This also makes rainbow clouds much rarer than true rainbows. The ingredients needed to form a rainbow cloud are high-altitude clouds with a nearly uniform distribution of ice crystals, sunlight, and a sun that is high in the sky. The sun has to strike the cloud and ice crystals at the perfect angle. Because of this, rainbow clouds typically only occur from mid-spring to mid-fall. During the other times of the year, the sun angle is too low." - https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/weather/2021/08/11/have-you-ever-heard-of-a-rainbow-cloud--
As what up there, this kind of cloud is pretty rare to see. But I don't know why I have so much luck seeing that quite often this week. Around 3 to 4 pm, when the sunlight is still very harsh, I just need to point my camera out from my window and capture these beautiful scenes.
[ FUJIFILM XT20 - 135 mm - F5.6 - 1/1250s]
[ FUJIFILM XT20 - 135 mm - F11 - 1/800s]
[ FUJIFILM XT20 - 135 mm - F8 - 1/1000s]
[ FUJIFILM XT20 - 135 mm - F8 - 1/1000s]
I'm not sure how to describe how beautiful these are in person. Those colors are stunning and brilliant, and they flow like a river across the sky like a river.
[ FUJIFILM XT20 - 135 mm - F8 - 1/1000s]
[ FUJIFILM XT20 - 135 mm - F8 - 1/1000s]
[ FUJIFILM XT20 - 135 mm - F8 - 1/1000s]
[ FUJIFILM XT20 - 135 mm - F5.6 - 1/2000s]
Here are a few of my favorites; please give your thoughts on them. In cloud images, these shots make me so much more intriguing. I hope you do!
Open each one in a separate tab to appreciate the picture
Thank you for reading and supporting me. Have a nice day!
PEACE