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Meiying Lee
Taipei, Taiwan
07/15/2023
04:50 pm

Equipment Details:

Canon R7 + SIGMA 60-600mm F4.5-6.3 S DG OS HSM Sports

Image Details:

On the evening of July 15th, I spotted a colorful cloud next to the sun. Because the sun is just blocked by a building, the color of the clouds is relatively obvious and bright. It has many and special colors, besides red and yellow, there are also rare green and blue purple in the sky. This is iridescent clouds, which are the result of sunlight diffracting through water droplets to form various colors. Because of the strong wind, the iridescent clouds disappeared like a flash in the pan, but they were impressive.