Icebow
Icebows are similar to rainbows but are formed by refraction of sunlight through cloud suspended ice crystals as opposed to raindrops or other liquid water suspended in the air. The absence of the "rainbow" colours is because the diffraction is through a specific face of the hexagonal ice crystal, which only gives rise to one color. This photo was taken at 11:19 a.m. on Sunday, 8 August 2007 in Ulu Geroh.
posted by LadyHawk at 10:57 PM
7 Comments:
Nature was so kind to display such beauty.
ooooooooooooooooh... neat! I had no idea that clear water streams were hard to find where you live. I watched a programe on Kuala Lumpur... the twin tower mega structure being built... it was really interesting for me to watch. I was thinking of my Mayaysian blogging friends who live there.
I have never seen an Icebow before... quite impressive.
Beautiful! I don't think I've seen an Icebow before, but I've seen something like it at night with the moon and when I was a kid I was told that this showed it was cold. Do you know if a similar thing occurs with light from the moon?
DM .. yes, nature always gives us such special gifts.
madwag .. the twin towers is just across the street from where I work. we watched it being built from a gigantic hole in the ground.
sharon .. i've not seen an icebow around the sun before either. must thank moggie for this for he was the one who spotted this. he always spots things that we miss, be they tiny insects or a mega icebow!
hi dweezeljazz. a halo around the moon is a similar phenomenon and is also called an icebow.
wow...beautifully taken, ladyhawk. i learn something new everyday....thanks for sharing!
Neat shot ladyhawk :)
Now I wanna take one also :P
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