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Sun and Rainbow (Read 192 times)

May 12^th, 2007 at 10:32pm

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A quick one while i was swimming today.

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Reply #1 - May 13^th, 2007 at 9:30am

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Sun Dog...........

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Reply #2 - May 13^th, 2007 at 3:15pm

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This is not a rainbow, but an ice-halo. The icecrystals in the cirrusclouds break the sunlight up in the colourspectrum.

I have to correct Riflemans claim... It is a partial 22° halo... sundogs are the two vivid colourfull spots you sometimes see at the left and right of the sun.

For more info, check this site: http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halosim.htm

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Reply #3 - May 13^th, 2007 at 9:59pm

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Kris, see if this is the same as what both you and I are talking about........or are there real distinct differences in some........I was led to believe that even the total circle was called a sundog........i've been wrong before.........only once, but yes I was wrong at some time Wink

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As you can tell, I'm not your average meteorology majoy.......there's clouds in the sky with lights in them........LED's I believe Embarrassed

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Reply #4 - May 14^th, 2007 at 2:10pm

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Well, you've got your sundogs, 22° halo's, Parhelic circles, lower and upper tangent arcs. And don't even get me starting on superlateral arcs, Parry arcs, subhelic arcs and many more...

Check this page for the common types of icehalo's: http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/common.htm - one drawing shows all the types

The less frequent type here: http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/unusual.htm

I didn't know about these up until a couple of months ago. I only saw sundogw, 22° halos and sunpillar in real life myself, but I'm keeping my eyes on the sky... Grin

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Reply #5 - May 14^th, 2007 at 9:37pm

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I saw a halo today ........or maybe it was just an angel watching over me....... Wink

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