How Do You Know When Alex is on the Plane?

This photo was taken on the plane ride to Paducah. As the plane flew over some clouds, the shadow of the plane was projected on them. There is no Photoshop work done here. It is just a picture taken on the iPhone from the window seat. Capt'n John says it's because Alex is on the plane, but he is biased.

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#10 DaleRR 2019-04-24 22:58

A couple of years ago I was flying from Chicago to Austin. My plane was surrounded by glories twice. The cloud formations were heavenly.

#9 DaleRR 2019-04-24 22:57

A couple of years ago I was flying from Chicago to Austin. My plane was surrounded in glories twice. The entire sky and cloud structures were heavenly.

#8 Rhonda D from KY 2019-04-24 15:18

The first time I ever flew, I had a layover in Dallas on my way to Houston and I saw the same type of a rainbow. Everyone else on the plane said it was the first time they has seen such a thing (some flew as many as 4 times a week). Then on my way home I had another layover in Dallas and saw it again. It was an awesome experience. I haven't had the opportunity to fly since then.

#7 cgrimes 2019-04-24 12:40

So when the same atmospheric conditions that create a rainbow are observed from an airplane, a rainbow can appear to be a full circle. This is called a glory.

#6 Sonya Lee Barrington 2019-04-24 12:36

I have always called them......Sun Dogs.

#5 Barblln 2019-04-24 07:44

I experienced this about 12 years ago on a flight from Cincinnati to Birmingham. It was amazing to see, and it lasted for about 10 minutes. But there is more to the story - a few days later, I was flying back, this time on a flight from Memphis to Indianapolis, and the plane experienced equipment failure severe enough to force us to return to Memphis for a full-scale emergency landing. Everyone on the plane was terrified, but I knew we would be just fine. Why? A rainbow had told me!

#4 AimeeKoch 2019-04-24 07:44

I believe that’s Alex’s halo I see in the sky, don’t y’all?

#3 JLA 2019-04-24 05:41

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glory_(optical_phenomenon)

#2 Dillyew 2019-04-24 04:28

I believe this is a fairly unusual phenomena, it happened to me once when flying to Australia and I looked it up.

#1 crcairn 2019-04-23 23:13

This is amazing. I had heard that rainbows are a complete circle and you just can't see it, and now I believe that - this is a fantastic picture. And there's even more than one rainbow - two fairly clear and another part of one a bit hazy above. I don't much like flying but a view like this would make it worthwhile.

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