COASTAL COMMAND GETS A HALO - This remarkable picture, taken from an Coastal Command aircraft, on an Atlantic meteorlogical flight, shows a good example of "Glory" - a system of coloured rings surrounding the aircraft's shadow on a cloud bank. This phenomenon is caused by diffraction of the sunlight reflected from cloud droplets. The colour effect is often striking in bright sunlight, with merging shades of blue, green and red Royal Air Force

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