On Mar 22, 3:34*pm, " wrote:
On my last GA flight where I acted as safety pilot on an IFR flight
plan, I got a video
of our shadow on the clouds. So, I will letchya all decide in 43
seconds or less if I was over or in the rainbow

For those interested, the technical name you are looking at is called
a Glory.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysaiX8bWVfw

I found it fascinating how the size of the glory changes dramatically
based on distance from the cloud tops.

Allen

What is useful to know is that the glory will be present or not
depending
on whether you are looking at ice crystals or water crystals. As I
remember,
no glory when looking at ice crystals.

So if it's below freezing and you have a glory, look out.

BH.