This image was captured by Hank Bowman over the Birmingham area this afternoon…
Almost looks like a big “eye in the sky”… thanks to these optics caused by a layer of high cirrus clouds, which are ice crystals, which refract the sunlight.
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Published on: October 30, 2012 at 5:23 PM
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