Glory over Turkey

This is a Glory (optical_phenomenon) which can be seen from aircraft in the direction opposite the sun, which was the case here.

I have observed these a number of times, I think this is the most sharply defined that I have captured. This was taken in the late afternoon while flying southwest towards Ankara. I was sitting on the left side of the aircraft and we were quite close to this cloud.

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