October 29th, 2014- Iridescent Cloud Edge Over Colorado: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap141029.html
This image was taken during a partial solar eclipse, which was blocked by clouds for the photographer. Iridescence occurred in a nearby cloud, which is the diffraction of sunlight around a thin layer of nearly equal sized water droplets. Contrails from an airplane are visible on the right side of this photo, too. This photo is very unique because it's very dark with a splash of colors in the center, along with the seemingly blinding white light, which actually is contrails from an airplane.
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