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In the Network appeared shocking video of "fire rainbow" in Thailand

Added	Tue, 17/10/2017
Источники	vladtime.ru
Дата публикации	Sun, 15/10/2017
Версии	Радуга и радужные облака

Amazing natural phenomenon - "fire rainbow" in Thailand, the witnesses managed to capture on video. According to people, it was an incredible sight, like special effects from a science fiction movie. Last Friday, October 6, In Thailand, a rainbow decorated the sky in DOI Saket district of Chiang Mai around 16:00 local time. "Fire rainbow" is officially called rounded-horizontal or kalogeropoulou arc. Scientists call this a species of halo.

According to the researchers, for the emergence of a relatively rare optical phenomena in the atmosphere requires certain conditions. Thus, the sun must be above 58 degrees above the horizon, high in the sky must also be observed light Cirrus clouds, and the flat hexagonal ice crystals should be placed in them horizontally.

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