The diffraction of sunlight by trees at Sunset, forming this colors of rainbow.
No: this beautiful corona is the result of diffraction of sunlight by tiny droplets in the air.
Tree leaves are much too large to produce a visible diffraction pattern, and much too irregular to produce sharp colors.
The droplet population has to be extremely homogeneous in size.
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Taken by Wing-Chi Poon on 7th July 2005 along Going-to-the-Sun Road between Jackson Glacier Overlook and Sunrift Gorge, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. This photo shows the diffraction of sunlight by trees at Sunset, forming the colo