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A collection of Arcs and Halos over Salamander Bay, NSW, Australia. (The bright halo around the sun is a circumscribed halo with a fainter 22 degree halo inside it. A Parhelic circle passes through the sun. The lower and brighter halo near the horizon is a circumhorizon arc. The fainter halo curving upwards from it […]
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Sunset over Lisboa, Portugal
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22-degree halo spotted over Ferndown, Dorset, England
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Crepuscular rays spotted over Stroud, Gloucestershire, England
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Stratocumulus over Conwy, North Wales
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Cumulus spotted over Horseshoe Bend, Colorado River, Arizona, US
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A lunar 22-dagree halo spotted over Dallgow-Döberitz, near Berlin, Germany
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Cirrus uncinus accompanied by Cumulus fractus, spotted over Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Mammatus (Mamma) spotted over St. Louis, Missouri, US
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A developing Cumulonimbus towering over Corinth, Texas, US
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A colourful display of virga spotted over Ipswich, England
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Cumulus clouds meeting in the sky over Sumiyoshi Shrine, Fukuoka City, Japan
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A contrail splitting the sky, spotted amidst altostratus over Arnhem, The Netherlands
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A colourful sunset spotted by David's son, Craig West, near Newcastle upon Tyne, England
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Remnants of contrails spotted over Taipei City, Taiwan
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Altocumulus lenticularis spotted over Greenfield, California, US
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An incredible shot, Terry. It makes for some studying!
Well done for capturing this remarkable event. Thanks for the explanation, Les, as to what gives rise to this type of phenonmenon.
Laurence
Many thanks to Les Cowley of Atmospheric Optics for the detailed identification.
http://atoptics.co.uk/