Monthly Archives: January 2008

On December 23, 2007 from 6 to 7 p.m. local time Lubos Brat observed bright Moon halo complex. 22° halo, complete paraselenic circle, upper and lower tangent arcs and circumzenital arc dominated the display (see a composite image). In addition…

This photo shows the diamond dust display near Mátraszentimre skiing resort in Hungary on 30th December and was taken by photographer Zsuzsanna Tóth. The snow guns were on, and the halo appeared in the early afternoon and lasted about an…

When I first saw photos by Vaclav Fego captured on December 22, 2007 in Vitkovice in Krkonose mountains I told myself just one thing – wow, that is amazing, I haven’t seen anything similar for a long time! On the…

A strange white faint arc appeared on December 17, 2007 on webcam in Pec pod Snezkou, Czech Republic, operated by Humlnet network. Because the webcam is oriented northward, there was a suspicion that at least anthelion could be captured on…

This 22° halo was seen on a thin snow layer which formed on a freshly frozen river from power plant induced precipitation and freezing mist. The dark area inside the 22° halo is prominent, indicating well developed solid crystals that…

It is not unusual to see a 22° halo glittering in separate crystals on snow surface. The display that Jari Piikki observed on 22 December on a frozen lake surface is of a better quality. Towards the sun there were…

December 22nd was a day of complex displays over Central-Europe. While Hungary was covered with thick fog, mountain peaks above 900m witnessed sunshine and favourable conditions for halo-formation. Attila Kovács took the photo of the suncave Parry arc on Bálvány…

On the evening of 22th December weather conditions finally changed to better. Humidity was up with temperature around -8°C. At the Louekallio ski-resort snow guns produced a crystal cloud and action lasted few hours until crystals suddenly vanished. Singly oriented…