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Old 11-24-2007 | 11:53 AM
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It is the common name for this optical effect caused by the sunlight passing around an aircraft and refracting in a ring or rings in a cloud layer.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glory_%..._phenomenon%29


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Old 11-24-2007 | 07:56 PM
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Another good one. I see this all the time, at much lower altitudes than you do of course, but I never have my camera with me. Nice shot.
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