Fire in the sky. Images of Canberra

Weather balloon

Coincidentally I saw a similar shot a couple of weeks back (in that case from Canada).
Here is the link: http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2012/05/fireball-over-the-rockies.html
Nice photo btw 🙂

Mr Scott, warp factor 5…

Atmosphere with the right amount of dew in it acting as a magnifying glass, focusing the ray on the sun on a single point which is the cloud that appears on fire.

And now for something requiring deeper contemplation…
Is it beer o’clock yet??

(after a few pints we won’t be giving a figg what that is other than it looks beautiful)

Probably some water crystals in the cloud, causing more reflection.

deye said :

It’s just the sun hitting that cloud at just the right angle to highlight it. Probably also through a gap in other clouds

+1. Nothing very tricky about it but it does look impressive.

I’d be very interested to know what causes this phenomenon too. A few months back I spotted the same thing on a larger scale and couldn’t comprehend the cause.

It’s just the sun hitting that cloud at just the right angle to highlight it. Probably also through a gap in other clouds

End of days! End of days!

Whatever it is, it’s pretty.

I only believe in gay marriage if both chicks are hot. Oops, sorry, wrong one…

Reptoids.