Wow! That is extremely rare! What is this strange glowing X floating in the sky over the Gardermoen Oslo Airport in Norway? Is that a portal to another dimension? This strange atmospheric phenomenon is called an Antisolar Arc… And it is kind of out-of-this-world. Look by yourself:
Strange optical phenomenon forms over Norway. The antisolar arcs were captured by Pål Tengesdal on May 21, 2018 @ North of Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, Norway. via Spaceweather
According to photographer Tengesdal, the phenomenon was visible for less than 2 minutes. And as the plane moved out of the clouds the optical faded away.
This rare type of ice halo is called “anti-solar region arcs.” To see them, you have to stare directly away from the sun, looking down into icy clouds where subhorizon reflections from the faces of ice crystals create these strange arcs.
Anti-solar region arcs are bright but elusive, requiring a passenger to be seated in just the right spot, looking in just the right direction, at precisely the right moment as the plane ascends above icy clouds. Rare, indeed.
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Nice phenomenon. I noticed recently that Scandinavia became very warm region in May, with temperatures reaching 29*C. It reminds me my one dream about extreme 70*C heatwave above it.
https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/overlay=temp/orthographic=-344.12,59.41,1134/loc=11.495,60.273
Very interesting situation, Scandinavia became one of the warmest region of Europe, sometimes even warmer than southern France.