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C. Davidson · 31 August 2009, 07:23 AM

I went on a hike yesterday and saw this (an optical phenomenon called a "glory"):

Latrodectus · 31 August 2009, 07:35 AM

Wow! I have never seen anything like this!

chriseskew24 · 31 August 2009, 07:52 AM

You sure that your creator wasent calling you home??? JK cool shot..

Rolexophile · 31 August 2009, 08:58 AM

Cool, thanks for sharing.

Omega_Precision · 31 August 2009, 09:23 AM

Wow...pretty crazy!

iSellJerseyShore · 31 August 2009, 09:50 AM

That's intense!

-Frankie

Ashley · 31 August 2009, 10:10 AM

Wow, eerie. Cool photo!

redshirt1957 · 31 August 2009, 10:30 AM

Put the pipe down son.

R1@160@alltimes · 31 August 2009, 12:01 PM

Wow, that's pretty cool

unclesallie · 31 August 2009, 12:03 PM

ok. i'll bite, Chris: tell me true, what did you see and what caused it? it is pretty damn cool!

Mike B · 31 August 2009, 12:13 PM

Wow, so it's true, there really IS a light at the end of the tunnel lol

C. Davidson · 31 August 2009, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by unclesallie

ok. i'll bite, Chris: tell me true, what did you see and what caused it? it is pretty damn cool!

I witnessed this while hiking Haiku Stairs on Oahu. We were taking a rest on the first platform (around 1500ft) which rests directly on a Mountain ridge, with steep cliffs on both sides. At the time, we were just below the cloud level, however the valley to the west and below us was covered in mist and clouds. You can see a faint outline of the H-3 freeway on the right side of the OP picture. For a few minutes, the sun broke through the clouds to the east of us and shone directly into the valley to the west of us. The position of the sun to the valley and our angle of view directly in the middle gave us the opportunity to witness this really cool, extremely rare optical phenomenon. This wikipedia link goes into greater detail. It felt like being in a ray of sun light, a truly awesome experience. The shadow in the center of the rainbow was my old cross-country coach taking the picture.

Here's what the same valley looks like 99.99999999% of the time:

chriseskew24 · 31 August 2009, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by C. Davidson

I witnessed this while hiking Haiku Stairs on Oahu. We were taking a rest on the first platform (around 1500ft) which rests directly on a Mountain ridge, with steep cliffs on both sides. At the time, we were just below the cloud level, however the valley to the west and below us was covered in mist and clouds. You can see a faint outline of the H-3 freeway on the right side of the OP picture. For a few minutes, the sun broke through the clouds to the east of us and shone directly into the valley to the west of us. The position of the sun to the valley and our angle of view directly in the middle gave us the opportunity to witness this really cool, extremely rare optical phenomenon. This wikipedia link goes into greater detail. It felt like being in a ray of sun light, a truly awesome experience. The shadow in the center of the rainbow was my old cross-country coach taking the picture.

Here's what the same valley looks like 99.99999999% of the time:

Wow that is very beautifull.

abigsecret · 31 August 2009, 02:11 PM

Phenomenal !

swatty · 31 August 2009, 07:22 PM

Amazing

unclesallie · 31 August 2009, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by swatty

Amazing

i agree. thanks, Chris!

ROLEX MAN · 31 August 2009, 09:16 PM

how is it possible!

Gaijin · 31 August 2009, 10:00 PM

The Universe is an amazing place!

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