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Liljequist superparhelia & a nucleation agent gun

30.5.2011 0 Jari Luomanen

This Liljequist superparhelia was observed in the spotlight beam on 5 January 2011. The lamp is about a degree or two below the horizon, thus giving the central stage to the Liljequist superparhelia. The Liljequist parhelia can be seen against…

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Atmospheric optics meeting of 2011 in Finland

30.5.2011 1 Jari Luomanen

Finnish Atmospheric optics enthusiasts met on 27-29 May 2011 in the Artjärvi observation centre. The topics of the presentations varied from the latest scientifical results in NLC research and simulation of higher order rainbows to the polar expeditions and observations…

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Elliptical halo from 22 January 2011

27.1.2011 3 -

Midday Altocumulus move thru the area and while passing through, I get a fine corona around the sun and later on lenticular cloud formations pass through showing fine iridescence. With sun getting sort of low, more AC roll in precipating…

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Lowitz arcs from Florida

8.1.2011 0 -

Nick Beck has sent this high cloud halo display that he observed on Christmas eve in Florida. The sun elevation was 31 degrees when it started and the display ended when the sun was 7 degrees above the horizon, lasting…

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“Upper parhelia” over the Alps

28.12.2010 9 -

On 13 December it was cold and windy on Mt. Wendelstein (1838m) in the German Alps with temperature of -17°C and huminity over 90%. The whole day ice dentrids glittered in the air ( 1 ). For 6 hours I…

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Helic and Wegener from Brandbergen

8.12.2010 2 -

The halo was observed in Brandbergen 20 km south of Stockholm Sweden. Time for the display was 1-dec-10 9:50 – 10:50 AM. There were snow guns running at two ski-slopes both of them 20 km away. I don’t know if…

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Halo display from Upper Bavaria

29.11.2010 13 -

On 27.11.2010 from 09.30 till 13.30 CET Claudia and Wolfgang Hinz could observe the depicted halo phenomena, comprising not less than 22 types of halos, in the German Alps of Upper Bavaria ( 1 ): – 22deg halo – left…

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Moon halos from Mustavaara ski resort

19.11.2010 7 -

It’s better to be inside a punch hole cloud than just look at it. On the night of 17/18 November snow guns seeded a punch hole in low stratus cover at Mustavaara ski resort in Eastern Finland. Plate crystal dominated…

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Superb Lowitz and helic arcs from the USA

10.11.2010 17 -

The display was seen at and/or just after high noon from eastern Nebraska about 41 degrees north, on November 7. My sister had called about some geese at a refuge nearby and wanted to go photograph them. I was going…

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Superb diamond dust display in Austria

30.10.2010 7 -

On 18 October 2010 a superb diamonddust halodisplay was observed at the meteorological station Sonnblickobservatorium ( 1 ) in the Austrian Alps (3106 m, 12°57’ E, 47°03’ N). Hermann Scheer, member of the meteorological team at the observatorium, took images…

Liljequist superparhelia & a nucleation agent gun

Atmospheric optics meeting of 2011 in Finland

Elliptical halo from 22 January 2011

Lowitz arcs from Florida

“Upper parhelia” over the Alps

Helic and Wegener from Brandbergen

Halo display from Upper Bavaria

Moon halos from Mustavaara ski resort

Superb Lowitz and helic arcs from the USA

Superb diamond dust display in Austria

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