Xmas Eve at 6:25pm, looking NW. Very short rainbow.

Contacting all those with meteorological knowledge on Lemmy. I have never seen this before and want your best info about what it might be.

The best guesses I’ve got are localised rain, earthquake lights or a part of a sun-dog.

  • Tug
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    66 months ago

    It’s called a Sun Dog and is the result of sunlight retracting off high altitude clouds.

    • @ace_garpOP
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      36 months ago

      Looks like that is the name for it.

      Thanks for the detail. Seems they are around WA too.

  • @ace_garpOP
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    6 months ago

    Extra info: look in the middle of the picture.

    Plus some extra photos:

    It was not a reflection on the window. Seen in the clouds for a minute and a half.

  • @ace_garpOP
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    26 months ago

    Thanks for the suggestions.

    I didn’t realise we can get Sun Dogs showing in Perth.

    It is in the expected position for a Sun Dog. That is the sun on the left of the first picture.