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Feather cloud

Feather cloud, photographed with several optical phenomena present: diffraction halos from particles in the cloud surround the sun, multiple off-axis reflections from lens elements trail to the left, faint diffracted spot pattern from CCD pixels, and diffraction spikes from the edge of the aperture. —Samuel F. Pellicori, OSA Senior Member

—Samuel F. Pellicori OSA Senior Member