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Ghost In The Music

Just a cloud...

 

I thought I’d shoot this as it looked lovely against the blue sky, with the setting sun behind it. When I uploaded from my camera to my iPad, I realised that there were pearlescent edges around the cloud: Wiki informs me it’s a type of photometeor, a topic in atmospheric optics...Apparently, this phenomenon is caused by individual water droplets or ice particles diffracting sunlight.

 

Aye, I just thought it was a wee fluffy cloud.

 

I almost called this shot, “Lenticular Iridescence” but thought that was a little pretentious...Well, it IS named after the shape of a lentil...😉

 

Ghost In The Music - a beautiful song by Nancy Griffith:

 

“Tell me, where is ...the refuge for these poor and these fallen?

It rests in the lines like a ghost in the music

The soul of America’s pride.”

 

Hoping for peace at all the borders around the world.

 

From my garden,

South Carrick Hills

SW Scotland

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Uploaded on November 24, 2018
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