by Skip Via
skip@westvalleynaturalists.org
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Editor’s note: This post was edited on June 22, 2026, to include additional information about crepuscular rays, along with some minor editing.
If you were gazing at the southeastern sky on the early afternoon of June 14, you may have noticed what appeared to be a rogue horizontal rainbow segment, or a sun halo that wasn’t circling the sun, or a Bob Ross-inspired happy little cloud with extra colors. (Alizarin crimson, yellow ochre, phthalo blue–you know the rest…)
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