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ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS. Sky Colors. Cumulus Clouds . Cumulus clouds over Mount Shasta. 2001 Jane English, Earth Heart. Wall cloud. William T. Hark, M.D Columbus, NE 5/22/04. Haze. GREAT SMOKEY MOUNTAINS. Crepuscular Rays. Rays and shadows stretch across the sky.   

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ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS

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  1. ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS Sky Colors

  2. Cumulus Clouds Cumulus clouds over Mount Shasta 2001 Jane English, Earth Heart

  3. Wall cloud William T. Hark, M.D Columbus, NE 5/22/04

  4. Haze GREAT SMOKEY MOUNTAINS

  5. Crepuscular Rays Rays and shadows stretch across the sky.    A unique 180º fisheye view. by Tom J. Martinez of Cleveland, Missouri.

  6. Refraction A misshapen Sun hangs like a huge lamp over the evening landscape. As the sun set the lower part grew, it was darker and redder than the upper disk showing that its rays had traveled different paths and had been more scattered and absorbed.

  7. Can anyone tell me what stars are those that I see around 6pm in the north west direction? I’m in Sydney? Twilight . That would be Jupiter and Venus and Mars is in there too!03/06/2002

  8. Green Flash On May 19, 1999 Pekka Parviainen was able to catch the elusive green flash on video in Finland's south-western archipelago Here you can watch

  9. A Mirage in New Mexico

  10. Solar Halo Southern Florida. The sun was nearly 80º high at the time.. 17th May '02 imaged by Tricia Tie-Shue

  11. Corona Amber Rahm's image taken in captures the delicacy of the rings without losing the moon's disk. Vermont 26th May 2002

  12. Sun Dogs This beautiful picture was captured at sunrise on a cold and still Park City morning.  Called sundogs, this phenomenon is caused by sunlight being refracted through ice crystals. 2003-02-07

  13. Sun Pillar Sun pillars are the result of sunlight reflecting off of ice crystals in the air. Anthony Arrigo using a Canon Rebel 2000 with a 28mm lens 20030206

  14. Double Rainbow The bright inner bow is the primary. The outer secondary bow has its color order reversed. The low sun has reddened the bows and cast them high into the sky

  15. Iridescence Northern California.Imaged by Ray Rochelle November 2001

  16. Iridescence Pileus or "mushroom cap" clouds in Florida form above cumulus. Imaged in July '03 by David LaPuma

  17. Mother-of-Pearl Clouds These rare clouds are sometimes called  . They are much higher and more rare than ordinary iridescent clouds They are 15 - 25 km high in the stratosphere, far above our ordinary tropospheric clouds

  18. Multi-ring Glory Glories are often seen from aircraft. Get a seat opposite the sun and watch them ring the aircraft's shadow - or more accurately, your own shadow.

  19. A Glory and Brocken Spectre Hill walker Dave Newton saw this spectacle on the slopes of Grisedale Pike in the English Lake District in October 2000.

  20. Heiligenschein or Holy Light On a morning when shadows are long and the grass is dew wetted, look at the shadow of your head. With luck it will be enveloped by a sparkling white glow.

  21. Credit http://www.sundog.clara.co.uk/resource/indx.htm

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