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Kelson's Photos

Some recent sun displays I've seen in the last 2 weeks: An upper tangent arc (my first!), the top edges of a circumscribed and 22° circular halo, and most of a 22° circular halo (with bonus contrail shadow on the cloud layer!)

All shot on my Pixel 2 with levels adjusted.

These are all formed by reflection and refraction of light in ice crystals. (A great reference: atoptics.co.uk/halo/common.htm )

Also, all seen from Los Angeles, which isn't freezing...at ground level.

A bright V in the sky, slightly reddish toward the bottom, touching a fainter arc below it.
With the sun blocked by a tree, a bright circle and a wider arc wrap around the sun inside a layer of thin clouds.
A layer of thin clouds is broken by a bright circle around the sun and the shadows of a contrail at another elevation.
#Photography#sky
Kelson's Photos

And another one today!

A circumzenith arc. Like an upside-down rainbow high above the sun, wrapping around the top of the sky. I think this is the second I've seen, but the first was only a fragment.

Taken with my phone through polarized sunglasses. Color and contrast enhanced.

Wispy clouds and what looks like an upside-down rainbow near the top of the sky.
#halo#photography
Jan 30, 2019, 12:18 AM·Public
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