#Parhelia at #Abisko
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250215.html

#APOD #Sweden

Sun halo with parhelia, spotted this morning near #Göttingen, Germany.

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#SunHalo #Parhelia #photography #Fujifilm #Zeisslens #Touit12mm
(photo: @kernpanik | license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Sun halo with parhelia, spotted this morning near #Göttingen, Germany.

(photo 1 of 2)

#SunHalo #Parhelia #photography #Fujifilm #Zeisslens #Touit12mm
(photo: @kernpanik | license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Misty and cold morning, which leads to some nice atmospheric phenomena. Best example of a Sundog I think I've ever seen.

#Parhelia #Sundog #Aberdeenshire

Rainbow's End

I've always been fascinated by optical effects, especially those involving colour splitting. Over the years I've made a collection of images of them, and I'm sharing some of them with you today.

Taken from home in #Scotland, these are #parhelia or #SunDogs formed when ice crystals in high cirrostratus cloud refract the light and it splits into coloured bands.
These two look quite a lot like feathers, I think.

#weather #rainbow @photography

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Sun halos, arcs and upside-down rainbows seen across England

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-65745708

#Meteorology #Weather #IceCrystals #Refraction #Reflection #Cirrostratus #Halo #CircumzenithalArc #Parhelia #SunDog #BravaisArc #Optics