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A passenger on a plane up in the air watching the aircraft’s shadow on a cloud can
sometimes see a glory - a parti-colored ring of light surrounding the shadow. The glory
is caused by when the cloud’s water droplets reflect and bend light waves from the sun,
dividing them into different colors. Like a rainbow, perception of each glory is
dependent on the person viewing it. Glories, also known as pilot’s bows, are most often
seen by travelers in the air. However, sometimes a lucky person on the surface, perhaps
one standing on a mountaintop in early morning, may see the shadow of his or her own
head wreathed in glory on a cloud or fogbank. Sometimes it has as many as five colored
rings as well as a fogbow - a faint, white ring. Unfortunately, only the wearer can see
this amazing event.
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