Another amazing Kuching sky phenomenon on a Wednesday morning, 15 August 2007

About two months back on Friday, 22nd June 2007 I gushed about the miracle of a rainbow halo around the sun around midday after being alerted to it by friends.

Also last month there was one reported over the skies at Langkawi and the newspaper called it an “icebow” and explained it as such - An Icebow is a phenomenon similar to a rainbow, except that it is formed by the refraction of sunlight through cloud-suspended ice crystals, instead of raindrops or water drops suspended in the air. The ice crystals are from cirrus clouds and have to be of the type with a large radius for the phenomenon to take place.

Anyway, again this morning my colleague asked me if I’d received any sms about a half rainbow halo around the sun. I didn't but I felt immediately better and I dropped everything and immediately rushed outside to take this snaps.

And I took tons of pictures (sweating in my tie and half-blinded by the glaring light) trying to get the most pleasing composition for the 'perfect' image to do justice to this beautiful and amazing sight. This time I managed to find a tree behind the office block to act as a foreground to this amazing sight. Did anyone else in Kuching saw this fleeting icebow? Not as jaw-dropping as the one we saw in June but amazing nonetheless. Anyway I am glad I did and who says skies are boring? *wink*

Morning icebow in Kuching, 15th August 2007

Labels: Inspiration, Kuching Skies

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