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For background, I was on a tour coming back from Ballestas Islands just off of Peru, around 11:00 a.m., no rain (it's a desert area), sky was partly cloudy. The phenomenon stayed a couple of minutes. As we progressed, the colours merged to a strand of amber.

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[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Am Canadian. Have seen them. It's more about altitude than lattitude.

Edit: Spend a little bit of every day looking at the sky. Day or night, it's often magnificent.

[–] EightLeggedFreak@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Last night's sky was especially amazing.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I see them in the Midwest quite regularly. If you're outside enough, you see them.