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Spotted this in the sky today

Magnum · 2017-03-25 18:08:59

Spotted this glare up in the sky about an hour ago, any ideas ?

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25-03-2017 7:08pm

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Magnum

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Spotted this glare up in the sky about an hour ago, any ideas ?

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#2 25-03-2017 7:59pm
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it's not a glare from the camera as I could see it with the naked eye..

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#3 26-03-2017 10:17am
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Cloud iridescence , or a part of a halo .

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#4 26-03-2017 7:56pm
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A Sun Dog I would think , see here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_dog

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#5 27-03-2017 3:22pm
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John mac wrote: »

Cloud iridescence [...]

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#6 29-03-2017 1:06pm
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We were sitting in the garden on Monday (27/3) and we noticed something similar, i'm over 50 and have never seen those colours in the sky before, very turquoise and also an unusual purple. Very visible to the naked eye, I must try and upload pic / vid, maybe someone could educate me as to what it was (if not any of the above).

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#7 29-03-2017 1:35pm
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http://readytosnap.vidmeup.com/view?q=58dba82f6ab06.flv?q=58dba82f6ab06.flv

Here is a video, though the camera does not do the colour vibrancy much justice.

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