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photomao Senior Member & Contributor Registered: April 2007 Location: Spokane, WA, USA Posts: 356 users gallery	I first saw this rare phenomenon two years ago on the day of Spokane's Art Fest. That one was an especially intense display that may have been one of the best ever, photographed. Since then I've been keeping an eye out for it during this time of year. The sun's angle has to be high enough and the ice crystals in the clouds have to line up a certain way. We didn't have much of the necessary high cloud formations today so I had to work fast.
	· Date: Sat May 31, 2008 · Views: 178 · Filesize: 116.3kb · Dimensions: 800 x 450 ·
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	Keywords: Circumhorizon Arc
	Camera: Nikon D300
	Lens: Tokina 28-80
	Setup For Image: Trying to drive under/around the clouds in the way
	Location: Valleyford, WA
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AJazzyone - Todd

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Sat May 31, 2008 9:38pm

Cool stuff Mike, I've only caught ice crystals once! Glad you caught it!

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