Wrong horizon sunburst

Posted by Gunter
on Monday, August 23, 2010

by Dave F.

Photo taken from Peoria AZ. Aug. 22nd 2010.What started as a photo of the rising gibbous Moon near some brightly lit clouds became a strange sight,as a sunburst ran across the entire sky from west to east. But instead of fanning out,the sunburst became even tighter on the eastern horizon. Were the clouds near the moon bouncing the sunlight back to the west? Please post a comment if you know.

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