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Iridescent cloud isn't always colourful or close to the sun.
The delicately tinted clouds at the top were some 15 degrees above the setting sun.
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Their shape hints that they might be freshly formed and suitable for interference effects.
Closer examination shows the pastel greens and magenta typical of weak iridescence far from the sun.
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Within their broad lenticular shape the clouds showed a wave pattern with another smaller wave pattern superimposed at a different angle.
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Canon EOS 5D 2nd October 2011
Wiltshire, England