By Rachel Kearney, Rotorua.
On the 22nd of January, 2013 at about 6.30pm, I recorded this in Rotorua.
Several people witnessed this phenomenon.
It lasted for about 4-5 minutes, then faded away.
It was taken in the late afternoon, facing the sun.
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE REFRACTION RAINBOW as shown in Strange Days Strange Skies. Not natural.
Sorry to rock the boat and all that, but I actually think this is a parhelion and is a natural phenomenon, I’ve seen these before.
Not trying to debunk Sarah’s evaluation, just my opinion based on experience.
I’m open-minded on that though, I have to admit I haven’t seen the doco Sarah refers to, so I’ll go and have a look. Ethylene Dibromide? Hmmm.
I’ll give some further feedback when had a wee search….
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Wrong, Its called a Circumzenithal Arc
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumzenithal_arc
Had a look at “strange skies” and the subject of EDB. I think it may answer a mystery for me. There were two “rainbow clouds” that were widely seen in Christchurch (including by myself) in late December. I know these were chemtrails, because I saw the trail forming and I have a witness who saw the plane doing the deed. I subsequently found several clips of similair “clouds” on youtube.
Then I hit jackpot and found this
:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP13vwL5sUk
So..while I still think the clip of the upside-down rainbow is a natural parhelion, I thank you very much Sarah in providing a clue as to what the “rainbow cloud” I saw may have consisted of.