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by stanthemanchan
Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:16 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Unusual Red Glow Over Minnesota (2009 Feb 17)
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Re: Unusual Red Glow Over Minnesota (2009 February 17)

I think the effect is caused by the sunlight reflecting off a body of water. The reflected rays are then shining up through the clouds and into the airplane window. That is also the cause of the sharper delineation of light in the cloud as that is depicting the edge of the body of water that is refl...