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A display in diamond dust over Crans-Montana, Switzerland.
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A display of arcs and halos in diamond dust over Kotzebue, Alaska.
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A lunar halo over Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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A halo, sundog, lower tangent arc and pillar in diamond dust over Washington State, US.
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A sub sun, sub parhelion (sub sundog), and lower tangent arc over Effingham, Illinois, US.
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A section of a halo, a lower tangent arc, sub-sun, and sub-parhelion, spotted on a flight over southern Illinois at 33,000 feet.
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A lower tangent arc in diamond dust, spotted from a cable car, looking down to Grindelwald in Switzerland.
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A cloud mix over Oslo, Norway.
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A 22° halo accompanied by a sundog and lower tangent arc, spotted during a flight over Sangamon County, Illinois, US.
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A lower tangent arc and halo spotted over northern Kentucky, US.
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Photo Editor says:
More information on the links about the lower tangent arc….
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An optical display over Lively, Ontario, Canada.
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Carolyn Johannesen says:
A “Lively” sky indeed. Surely there can’t be many people that have seen this :D
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Michael B. Davis says:
Amazing unique photo. Looks like the aliens have arrived.
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An optical display over Lively, Ontario, Canada, with labels.
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Paul Laplante says:
Didn’t know we had so much happening in the photo. Thanks for the details.
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Ian says:
IanL….
Many thanks to Les Cowley of Atmospheric Optics http://www.atoptics.co.uk/
for the detailed identification.
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The Eiffel tower spotted on a flight to Mallorca from Frankfurt, actually nowhere near Paris. They are in fact examples of sub horizon ice halos. A subsun with a lower sun pillar plus a 22 degree halo and a lower tangent arc. Many thanks to Les Cowley of Atmospheric Optics for his assistance in identifying […]
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Jochun says:
Great shot, very informative, too. Thanks Ian.
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John Norris says:
Great photo Ian, very well spotted indeed!!!!
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Identification labels for previous photo. (Thanks Les)
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Øivind Moen, Stavanger, Norwa says:
This photo is very good. Still don't understand it, but I do feel a bit smarter. (Thanks Ian and Les.)
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Pretty amazing, snowy, late-winter picture, John!
Looks like you could almost enter the grand-arch rainbow diamond-dust cave entrance at the bottom of the mountain and enter into a cave system. The majestic mountain peaks almost above rise up to the cloudy heavens and appear to float on the lower-level stratus clouds gradually lifting due to the weak late-winter sun’s heat. From Rebecca Hill, Canberra, Australia