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• Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena#Clouds
•  Info Rainbow-colored/iridescent clouds during a snowfall over Lysekil, Sweden. The fringes of the clouds are so thin the water droplets in them produce rainbows. The photo is taken during some interesting weather in the afternoon so it is the sun you see and the dots are snowflakes. All by me -- cart-Talk 11:33, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support -- cart-Talk 11:33, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Comment My first thought was that maybe that's what happened last night in Sweden but then I saw the timestamp so we will have to do some more research. Regarding the picture I find it very good compositionally so  Support from my side. --Code (talk) 17:17, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

• Thanks Code. Well what really happened in Sweden Friday night was that my cold got worse. Didn't think the White House would find out!! So sorry for causing this international incident... --cart-Talk 17:24, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Daniel Case (talk) 16:54, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

•  Support Moody and interesting. I like how the blotchy clouds over the disc of the sun sort of imitate the lunar maria. Or maybe that's just me, who knows? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 19:33, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 19:55, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Comment - This is certainly a good photo, though I haven't decided yet whether to support a feature for it, but I prefer File:Crepuscular rays and iridescent clouds during snowfall.jpg, which has more snow and the dark trees as a dramatic contrast with the sky. Just sky is not quite as striking to me and gives me less grounding, literally. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:05, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

• I like that pic very much too. Unfortunately, I think the cut sun in that will make it a no-go for the folks here at FPC. --cart-Talk 10:28, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

• Really? I didn't realize there were objections to that. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:13, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

• It was one of the reasons it was decline at first at QIC where I took it to CR. Looking at past discussions people are generally opposed to things cut at the border of an image when it could have been avoided. The weather that day was very chaotic, clouds moving very fast in the strong wind and it was pure luck that the sun was even in that picture since I was mostly focusing on the rays. I thought the sun was totally hidden behind the cloud, but it broke through just as I pressed the button. --cart-Talk 12:07, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

• By the way, I'm sorry you're sick. I hope you can stay out of the cold for a while. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:13, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

•  Support lNeverCry 07:26, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Daniel Case (talk) 16:54, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support --Ralf Roleček 21:54, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Oppose Nothing special, just moon with clouds. --Karelj (talk) 23:27, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

• So sorry, but it is the sun. :) --cart-Talk 23:46, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

• Oh, it is a sun. Sorry, but in such a case it is even more "common" image. --Karelj (talk) 13:49, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

• Then you are very lucky to live in a place where such scenery is common and you can go out and take photos like this of iridescent clouds around the sun any day. How I envy you, it must be beautiful. It is not so common here. --cart-Talk 14:34, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

• @W.carter: This image is far from common. He's just trying to save face and clearly failing to do so. We men often feel the need to defend our egos in this way... lNeverCry 21:12, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

•  Support --Yann (talk) 18:44, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 8 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /– Lucas^T 08:43, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Natural phenomena#Clouds