On Fri, 2 Feb 2007 23:44:54 -0000, David Mitchell wrote:

But surely at 0800 the sun is above the horizon. IIRC you only see
nacreous cloud when the sun is below the horizon.

Interesting point. Googled it...

So did I and found a few references to the sun being something like 5 to
10 degrees below the horizon. Now 5 degrees is 20 mins with sun coming
straight up. It will be longer with the sun rising at an angle.

As it was small patch could it have been a sun dog?

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