Glory

"A glory is an optical phenomenon that ...consists of one or more concentric, successively dimmer rings, each of which is red on the outside and bluish towards the centre. Due to its appearance, the phenomenon is sometimes mistaken for a circular rainbow, but the latter has a much larger diameter and is caused by different physical processes.

A rainbow band around the shadow of your aircraft seen on a cloud below is an example of a glory. For more distant clouds, the plane's shadow would be smaller, but the glory would be the same angular size if the water droplets were the same size."

Who knew?
Not the best photo but I'm excited I actually got a shot at all.

This morning the plane was de-iced in Ohio and then it was snowing in Chicago so the second plane was de-iced as well. Landed in Arizona to warm temps and blue skies.
I need a weekend. :)

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