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A day at the beach

Photo taken July 4, 2017 by Joan Helle-Fasolo at Ship Bottom, New Jersey.

Editor’s Note: When EarthSky first published this image, we misidentified it as a photo of iridescent clouds. In fact, it’s a circumhorizon arc. Mistaking one for the other is easy, but here are some tricks that can help. Our thanks to alert reader George Preoteasa for pointing out the mistake … and apologizes for any confusion!

Read more: What causes rainbow colors in clouds?

Read more: Iridescent cloud? Or circumhorizon arc?

Posted 
July 6, 2017
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