This is NOT a rainbow!
It's a Circumzenithal Arc!
Apparently they are pretty rare ~ caused by refraction of sunlight through ice crystals in the air (rather than raindrops as in rainbows). I spotted this one on the flight back home from Glasgow this afternoon.
There's more info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumzenithal_arc
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