Ice Rainbow, London N14
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Ice Rainbow, London N14 by Christine Matthews as part of the Geograph project.
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Ice Rainbow, London N14
Image: © Christine Matthews Taken: 15 Aug 2008
Just past the centre of the image to the right is what is called an Ice Rainbow. This phenomenon is caused by ice crystals in the upper atmosphere reflecting light from the setting sun, which was to the left, probably either behind the tree or outside the image, and creating this rainbow effect.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.646298
Longitude
-0.125679