Atmospheric Phenomena, Sun Dogs, Solar Halos etc |
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Atmospheric Phenomena, Sun Dogs, Solar Halos etc |
 Dec 3 2007, 09:22 PM
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Thought I'd drop these into the Earth Obs section, as they're ... err... earthy
 Taken from the front of our house this Saturday - Spotted the one 'dog' - then realised it was almost a halo. Doug
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Dec 3 2007, 09:33 PM
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 Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 59 Joined: 25-December 05 From: Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA Member No.: 619 |
Here is a "glory" or parhelion that I saw at Koke'e on Kauai last January - it appeared to be about 30 meters away. Lasted a full 10 minutes.
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Dec 3 2007, 10:41 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14431 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
GLORY - that reminds me.. A (dim) glory seen on a layer of fog from a place called Symonds Yat in Gloucestershire, UK... and another sun-dog seen from a flight out of East Midlands Airport flying to Malaga
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Dec 5 2007, 06:52 AM
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 Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220 |
I have a very poor shot of a parhelia taken through a car window that I'm struggling to find at the moment but in the meantime here's a picture of a pretty good rainbow shot I took in October in Chester. The picture doesn't quite capture it but this was one of the brightest rainbows I'd ever seen.
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Dec 5 2007, 11:50 AM
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A dog nicely picked out one cloud while I was watching the sunset from the ferry to Tasmania.
close up
And talking of rainbows, here is a panorama of a a full double rainbow taken from my flat in Sydney last year.
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Dec 5 2007, 03:44 PM
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Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220 |
I found the slightly dodgy parhelia shot taken from the car:
While I was looking for it I came across this one that my girlfriend took that I only just realised has one in it too:
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Dec 5 2007, 04:07 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14431 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
That last one is amazing - I wonder if it's the local fog, or the distant cloud that's causing it.
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Dec 5 2007, 04:36 PM
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Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220 |
QUOTE (djellison @ Dec 5 2007, 04:07 PM)  That last one is amazing - I wonder if it's the local fog, or the distant cloud that's causing it. I think it has to be distant cloud or more precisely the suspended ice particles in the distant cloud layer - the near field surface fog coming off the lake is certainly liquid droplets and I'm pretty sure that it's in the wrong place to cause the parhelia effect, it would need to be between the observer and the sun (I think). There's a ton of interesting stuff on this at http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halosim.htm. |
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Dec 5 2007, 05:06 PM
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Rover Driver Group: Members Posts: 1015 Joined: 4-March 04 Member No.: 47 |
..since we're showing off our rainbow pictures: a nice one at sunset
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Dec 5 2007, 05:23 PM
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QUOTE (remcook @ Dec 5 2007, 05:06 PM) ..since we're showing off our rainbow pictures: a nice one at sunset I have a sunset one too. This was particularly spectacular at the time.
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Dec 5 2007, 05:28 PM
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 Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
 ...no kidding! Wow.Saw a great cirrus rainbow directly overhead @ 3 PM local about a month ago while on Reserve duty...one of the guys took a pic, will try to get it & post it...really an amazing sight! -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Dec 5 2007, 05:53 PM
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I took this picture last year, does anybody know what it is?
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Dec 5 2007, 08:49 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
Looks like a passing rocket left a hole in the cloud deck...
-the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Dec 5 2007, 09:03 PM
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Fantastic pictures, guys!
I took this parelia (sun is behind the thick cloud) few months ago from l'Aquila/Italy. -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Dec 5 2007, 09:58 PM
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QUOTE (rogelio @ Dec 3 2007, 10:33 PM) Here is a "glory" or parhelion that I saw at Koke'e on Kauai last January - it appeared to be about 30 meters away. Lasted a full 10 minutes. I was there too but didn't seen it  I guess it was near Waipo'o falls.I propose this picture taken in Cavan (Ireland) where atmopsheric phenomena meets with water phenomena. Mind, this is NOT a B & W picture :
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