Optical Phenomena Vol VII
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February 8, 2024 at 4:27 am #596904
Michael Lerch
ParticipantSome cool solar coronas and czas brought Vol 6 to an end. Allow me to start Vol 7 with a solar halo shot.
AzHalo71
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February 8, 2024 at 5:43 pm #596925
Ruth Quist
ParticipantMichael, way misty halo. Thanks for starting a new and always exciting vol 7.
Trees in the Way
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February 18, 2024 at 11:45 pm #597690
Patricia L Keelin
ParticipantThat was a beauty of a finale to volume VI, Ariel. And I love the wrinkle in AzHalo71, Michael. What a splendid start to V7.
Ruth, so captivating when the moon looks right at you like that. Who looked away first?
Took a quick stroll between storms last week and wondered…
What Color is the Rain?
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February 24, 2024 at 5:58 pm #598207
Ruth Quist
ParticipantKeelin, your image is just sitting nice on a tree branch.
Faint But There
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February 29, 2024 at 4:21 pm #598630
Hans Stocker
ParticipantAh, already a new volume. Ariel closed the former volume with a beautiful corona and a guarding sundog while Michael started with a faint halo in greys. Love it!
Yes and what color has the rain?
Here is another faint sundog together with some trails, of which one is blue.
Shy Sundog
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March 10, 2024 at 7:35 pm #599408
Ruth Quist
ParticipantHans, great gathering and always love the dogs.
Colored Swiss Cheese
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March 15, 2024 at 12:47 am #599650
Patricia L Keelin
ParticipantKeen eyes you have, Ruth and Hans, catching the Faint and the Shy.
This photo looks something like a collage, but is just a single shot.
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March 15, 2024 at 5:28 pm #599684
Ruth Quist
ParticipantKeelin, wow you have so many things going on. Halo, sundog, and lastly contrail. Great photo.
Dancing Alone
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March 18, 2024 at 3:53 pm #599838
Ruth Quist
ParticipantBright Shiny Object
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April 22, 2024 at 8:46 pm #602195
Ruth Quist
ParticipantThey Are Back
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May 5, 2024 at 5:56 pm #603509
Ruth Quist
ParticipantLittle of this and a little of that.
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May 6, 2024 at 1:20 am #603556
Patricia L Keelin
ParticipantNice ones, Ruth! Sometimes a little of this and that is all it takes to make us go “Ah!” ;)
A Little Color in Colorado
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June 9, 2024 at 12:16 am #606789
Patricia L Keelin
ParticipantSun in a Blender of Blue
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June 11, 2024 at 6:42 pm #607079
Ruth Quist
ParticipantKeelin, nice blender. The blue color just sings.
Single Dog
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June 15, 2024 at 3:15 am #607375
Patricia L Keelin
ParticipantThanks, Ruth! Caught your Single Dog doin’ double duty on the Gallery. So fun!
Here’s one from the archives — or was it under my bed?
Dusty Halo
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July 4, 2024 at 9:53 pm #609343
Ruth Quist
ParticipantKeelin, spooky and wonderful halo.
Who Doesn’t like a Double Rainbow
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July 23, 2024 at 2:02 am #611307
Patricia L Keelin
ParticipantRuth, I think the answer is no one. Double-lucky you!!
Also must mention: On the CAS gallery, Early morning fog in Bigfork, Montana (June 29) and Virga near Charlo, Montana (July 5) are both breathtakingly cool!
Just a Splash of Iridescence
And the tiniest hint of it here…
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July 27, 2024 at 5:23 pm #611738
Ruth Quist
ParticipantKeelin, wonderful to see your photo on the gallery. Amazing shot.
A Popsicle From The Ice Cream Truck
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August 4, 2024 at 8:34 pm #612606
Ruth Quist
ParticipantThey always surprise me, a circle in the sky.
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September 11, 2024 at 6:36 pm #616579
Ruth Quist
ParticipantSneaky little rainbow
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September 16, 2024 at 2:52 am #617119
Patricia L Keelin
ParticipantJust catching up with this thread and especially love your popsicle, Ruth. A perfect treat for the hot days we’ve had here this summer. Hope you’ve been keeping cool there in Montana.
Here’s one I almost missed…
Shy One
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October 13, 2024 at 4:59 pm #620945
Ruth Quist
ParticipantKeelin, I love shy ones. I haven’t seen a halo lately.
So, back to moon over water.
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October 14, 2024 at 12:17 am #620992
Patricia L Keelin
ParticipantBeautiful illusion, Ruth! I never tire of seeing your moon shots.
Did you catch the Aurora Borealis up there in Montana recently? We had only a hint of it down here in Napa. These backyard photos were taken ~9:30PM. Too much neighborhood light, but still exciting to see even a little glow. iPhone camera caught it better than my unaided eye. I increased the contrast and de-fuzzed the images, but didn’t enhance any colors. Subtle, but oh the ooooh!
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October 17, 2024 at 6:00 pm #621548
Hans Stocker
ParticipantOh, wow the aurora in California! Very nice Keelin. Love it. Recently the aurora was also visible in the Netherlands but I just heard about it the day after. Grrrr. My chance to see it was gone to the dogs. Speaking of dogs…..
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October 30, 2024 at 8:26 pm #623387
Gregory Venarsky
ParticipantAn exceptionally bright circumzenithical arc I spotted the other day. Absolutely gorgeous.
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November 1, 2024 at 1:04 am #623555
Patricia L Keelin
ParticipantHans, what an amazing catch! Who’s a good Twindog?! I think a treat is in order there. As for the Northern Lights, they seem to have been stretching further south these past few years, so I wouldn’t be surprised if you manage to catch it too.
And Greg, how lucky is that smile? I think it must be the treat you get for looking up at just the right moment!
Swept Away in the Radiance of the Moment
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November 2, 2024 at 8:54 pm #623780
Ruth Quist
ParticipantGregory, so wonderful to see your exceptional photos. Great color spectrum you caught.
Hans, really twin dog. That likely doesn’t show up very often.
Keelin, nice catch of that bright sun.
Sun Block
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November 8, 2024 at 3:58 am #624358
Gregory Venarsky
ParticipantHave been meaning to show these to more people. As Keelin had mentioned in an earlier post, the aurora has been quite active recently. I can say that I have gotten my fair share of dazzling light shows. And here are a couple of photos from some of the recent storms we’ve had. I’ve got plenty more where they came from, so let me know if you’d like to see more!
Showers of Light
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November 8, 2024 at 10:06 am #624390
Hans Stocker
ParticipantSpectacular images Gregory. I still hope for new solar winds since I missed the opportunity to see it over here in the Netherlands. The aurora was also visible here.
Here something more or less familiar: two faithful dogs accompanying the sun.
One at the left
One at the right
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November 8, 2024 at 4:50 pm #624417
Ruth Quist
ParticipantHans and Gregory, love the dog and light show. Gregory, I for one would like to see more of your Aurora show. I did try my best to catch the Northern lights in my area, but no cigar. I finally learned you need to look through your smartphone camera on a night mode. Next time I will know.
My Surprise around the corner
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November 14, 2024 at 5:56 pm #625016
Hans Stocker
ParticipantI love such surprises, Ruth.
Iridescence and birds
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November 25, 2024 at 6:27 pm #626209
Ruth Quist
ParticipantHans, I think birds do make sky watching fun.
More iridescence can’t hurt.
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November 27, 2024 at 6:23 pm #626623
Ruth Quist
ParticipantThat September moon that kept on giving.
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December 17, 2024 at 1:37 pm #629133
Hans Stocker
ParticipantMore Iridescence
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December 18, 2024 at 2:20 am #629235
Ruth Quist
ParticipantHans, wow. Colors and layers like a fine cake.
Almost a full December Moon. AKA: cold moon.
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January 10, 2025 at 5:37 pm #632198
Hans Stocker
ParticipantAh, fine cake, a cold moon and…….
Kelvin’s Colors
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January 17, 2025 at 2:18 am #632840
Patricia L Keelin
ParticipantFinally catching up with this thread and am absolutely WOWed by the optical *phenomenal* photos you’ve all been posting! Here’s to new beginnings…
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January 17, 2025 at 7:33 pm #632904
Ruth Quist
ParticipantKeelin, loved your gallery photo this week of your January moon. Wonderful sundog to start the year.
Hans, beauty of your iridescent photo. Reminding me of a rainbow trout.
Another close one. Shy a few days from full.
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January 26, 2025 at 7:07 pm #633738
Ruth Quist
ParticipantBarely There with Iridescent colors
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February 2, 2025 at 10:46 am #634559
Donatella Lombardini
ParticipantHere is a very colorful sundog (I think that’s what it is?) seen over the countryside last summer
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February 3, 2025 at 5:52 pm #634719
Ruth Quist
ParticipantDonatella, so nice to see your beautiful photo. Strong colors in that dog.
Moon in early morning.
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February 5, 2025 at 1:22 pm #634883
Hans Stocker
ParticipantWow, great bright colors Donatelli, in what you think is a sundog. Love it.
It is not a sundog, but a circumzenithal arc (CZA). The CZA is about 45 degrees above the sun as a part of a circle around the zenith. There is only a small part visible in your image. and it has its blues above. A sundog is always 22 degrees at the left or the right of the sun with the reds facing the sun and the whites at the other end. The colors in between are usually not that bright as in your CZA. Here is an example of two sundogs accompanying the sun as dogs should do: Two faithful sundogs
Here is a sundog in close up to compare. The sun is 22 degrees at the right (out of frame).
Sundog
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February 15, 2025 at 8:22 pm #635783
Ruth Quist
ParticipantHans, I always learn something about clouds with your great knowledge. Appreciate, and your sun dog is the best.
Man, it is cold out there.
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February 17, 2025 at 5:36 am #635917
Michael Lerch
ParticipantWent outside to stretch the legs this afternoon, looked up and this is what I saw:
AzOptics
I hung around for awhile and this is what it developed into..a 22 degree halo, a upper tangent arc, a Perry arc, a circumzenith arc and a faint superlateral arc (it touches the Zeenie) starting in the lower left corner..the shot below caught the south part of the superlateral .the third caught the north section..Maybe its a 46 degree or 44 degree halo?
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February 18, 2025 at 2:35 am #636030
Michael Lerch
ParticipantSomewhere I read that the only way meteorologists could duplicate a 44 degree halo was by the light being refracted twice by aligned ice crystals. All the pic above and below show lots of contrail at various states of decomposition at various levels..So there is evidence the faint “rainbow” at about the 44 degree mark had the physics to develop
Az Optics
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