Photo 30 Jul 5 notes A layer of stratocumulus clouds over the Pacific Ocean serve as the backdrop for a rainbow-like optical phenomenon known as a glory. Glories generally appear as concentric rings of colour in front of mist or fog. They form when water droplets within clouds scatter sunlight back toward a source of illumination. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA’s Terra satellite captured image on 21 June 2012 on the lee side of Guadalupe Island. Picture: NASA / Rex Features (via Pictures of the day: 13 July 2012 - Telegraph)

A layer of stratocumulus clouds over the Pacific Ocean serve as the backdrop for a rainbow-like optical phenomenon known as a glory. Glories generally appear as concentric rings of colour in front of mist or fog. They form when water droplets within clouds scatter sunlight back toward a source of illumination. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA’s Terra satellite captured image on 21 June 2012 on the lee side of Guadalupe Island. Picture: NASA / Rex Features (via Pictures of the day: 13 July 2012 - Telegraph)

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