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A parhelic circle and segment of a 22 degrees halo and a bright 120 degree parhelion. Spotted over Haarlem, Netherlands.
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Signs of virga within this developing system, spotted over Greenfield, California, US
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Sunrise over Madison, Wisconsin, US
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Cirrus fibratus spotted over Arlington, Washington, US
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Cirrus fibratus spotted over Arlington, Washington, US
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Cumulus congestus spotted from above western New York, near Rochester, New York, US
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Wispy cirrus spotted above cumulus fractus, seen over Taipei, Taiwan
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Sunrise view from the University of King's College and Dalhousie University campus buildings in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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A variety of altocumulus spotted over Haenam-gun, South Jeolla Province, South Korea
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A moose head seen in the clouds over Buckeye, Arizona, US
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Cirrus fibratus spotted over Lynchburg, Virginia, US
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Cirrus spotted on a hot day in Brisbane, Australia
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Anti-crepuscular rays, an optical phenomena caused by shadows cast by clouds or other objects, illuminated by sunlight, as spotted here when Joan was standing and facing east at sunset, with her back to the west, near San Diego, California, US
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Cirrocumulus spotted over Northwest Iran
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Altocumulus lenticularis spotted in the vicinity of Mount Fuji, which is shrouded by stratus, near Narusawa, Japan
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Undulatus spotted over Conwy, North Wales
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Thank you both for kind compliments, Rebecca and Joan. As to the different phenomena I don,t want to spoil things, but I must say it was a sunny day with no precipitation. I suppose Rebecca holds the colored arc for a rainbow but what looks like precipitation are streaks of cirrus. The arc itself is a segment of the 22 degrees halo and looking close you can see at the right side a split between the upper tangent arc and the 22 degrees halo. Anyway there are indeed much different things to see in one capture withe the wide angle overhead. So thanks again.
Thank you both for kind compliments, Rebecca and Joan. As to the different phenomena I must say it was a sunny day with no precipitation. I suppose Rebecca holds the colored arc for a rainbow but what looks like precipitation are streaks of cirrus. The arc itself is a segment of the 22 degrees halo and looking close you can see at the right sight a plit between the upper tangent arc and the 22 degrees halo. Anyway there are indeed much different things to see in one capture withe the wide angle overhead. So thanks again.
I agree with Rebecca. This photo is different and beautiful.
Most interesting picture, Hans. Looks like a vertical shot taken, where you can see a mixture of different weather phenomenon in the one place that doesn’t often get seen together, from precipitation and rainbows, to sun-dogs and halos, to contrails. From Rebecca Hill.
More information here….
https://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/common.htm