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Benjamin KnispelThat was a really bright rainbow just before sunset when a heavy shower passed over Wedemark.<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Rainbow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rainbow</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Hannover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hannover</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Wedemark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wedemark</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/AtmosphericOptics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AtmosphericOptics</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Sunset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sunset</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nature</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Photography</a>

Mary McIntyre AstronomyTwo different sets of <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/IridescentVapourTrails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IridescentVapourTrails</a> captured from Oxfordshire, UK 15 June '25 The colours are created when sunlight is diffracted by tiny water droplets that condense out over the aircraft wings. Canon 1100D + 300mm zoom lens <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/AtmosphericOptics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AtmosphericOptics</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Aviation</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Diffraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Diffraction</a>

Mary McIntyre AstronomyAs the almost <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/FullMoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FullMoon</a> rose on 11th June 2025, it created the tallest <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/MoonPillar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MoonPillar</a> I've ever seen, extending about 30 degrees up! Photographed from North Oxfordshire with a Canon 1100D + Sigma 300mm lens <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/AtmosphericOptics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AtmosphericOptics</a>

Tim ☑️ 🔭🌃📷🚴🌳Suburban Rainbow<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/strathearn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strathearn</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rainbow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rainbow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/atmosphericoptics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#atmosphericoptics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/drone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#drone</a>

Benjamin KnispelOne additional image of the rising Moon with a pine pollen corona. It was quite easy to see with the unaided eye.This was taken on May 12 at 22:26 CEST north of Hanover, Germany.3.2 seconds exposed at f/6.3, ISO 640 and f=200 mm.<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/AtmosphericOptics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AtmosphericOptics</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Light" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Light</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Diffraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Diffraction</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Physics</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Pollen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pollen</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Moon</a>

Peter GutscheDid you know that you can observe fascinating <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/mirages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mirages</a> in the Black Forest? In my latest blog post, I explore this phenomenon of <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/AtmosphericOptics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AtmosphericOptics</a> and share my personal observations from the coast of the English Channel and the mountains of the Black Forest.<a href="https://www.silberspur.de/blogs/read/108" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.silberspur.de/blogs/read/108</a><a href="https://sueden.social/tags/NaturePhenomena" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NaturePhenomena</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/EnglishChannel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishChannel</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/BlackForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackForest</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/ScienceBlog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScienceBlog</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/NaturePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NaturePhotography</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/FataMorgana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FataMorgana</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Physics</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/meteorology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#meteorology</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Schwarzwald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Schwarzwald</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Fotografie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fotografie</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/NaturFotografie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NaturFotografie</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Luftspiegelungen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Luftspiegelungen</a>

Benjamin KnispelTree sex makes colored rings in the sky – Yesterday, I observed pollen coronas around the sun and the moon.These colorful rings appear around the sun / the moon when airborne pollen diffracts the light (=deflects it depending on its color).Different pollen types make different coronas. Here, it is likely pine pollen.pic 1 at 14:08 CEST, f=200 mm, sun covered by street lamp.pic 2 at 22:27 CEST, f=200 mm, moon overexposed<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/AtmosphericOptics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AtmosphericOptics</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Light" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Light</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Diffraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Diffraction</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Physics</a>

Benjamin KnispelIf you expose the image more (here the same conditions as before, but t=1.3 seconds), you can see the typical multiple diffraction rings.<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/AtmosphericOptics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AtmosphericOptics</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nature</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Light" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Light</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Diffraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Diffraction</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Moon</a>

Benjamin KnispelVery nice pollen based atmospheric optics.Last night I observed a pollen corona around the bright moon. These colored rings around the moon are created when its light is refracted by airborne pollen.Depending on the type of pollen, different ring shapes and sizes appear. This one is probably from pine pollen.Image: 22:53 CEST | f=300 mm | aperture 5.6 | ISO 1250 | 0.5 s<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/AtmosphericOptics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AtmosphericOptics</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nature</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Light" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Light</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Diffraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Diffraction</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Moon</a>

Benjamin KnispelHalo activity has been on and off half of the day – now with both parhelia / left and right sundog.<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/AtmosphericOptics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AtmosphericOptics</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/halo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#halo</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/sundog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sundog</a>

Benjamin KnispelVenus, the crescent moon and Mercury were accompanied by a beautiful purple light (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afterglow" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afterglow</a>) at dusk today.The purple light disappeared relatively quickly as the sun sanke deeper below the horizon. There are just 6 minutes between the two pictures.<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/PurpleLight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PurpleLight</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Moon</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Venus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Venus</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mercury</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/AtmosphericOptics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AtmosphericOptics</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astrophotography</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astronomy</a>

Benjamin KnispelToday, an hour before sunrise, I noticed a bright, unusually structured cloud in the eastern morning sky (location: north of Hannover, Germany). I took photos between 6:40 CET (solar elevation -8°) and 6:55 CET (solar elevation -5.8°) while the cloud was slowly fading.Apparently there was a rocket reentry last night, which was seen and filmed over Germany. Perhaps the cloud is its remnant?<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Rocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rocket</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/AtmosphericOptics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AtmosphericOptics</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Astrophotography</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ReEntry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ReEntry</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Germany</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Hannover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hannover</a>

Mary McIntyre Astronomy2 years ago today, 16th Feb '23 I photographed <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/LightPillars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LightPillars</a> from <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Oxfordshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Oxfordshire</a> UK. We don't see them very often here so this was a rare treat! They form when ice crystals sink lower in the atmosphere & reflect exposed lights into these light pillars <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/AtmosphericOptics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AtmosphericOptics</a>

Mary McIntyre Astronomy<a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Coronas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Coronas</a> are commonly seen around the Sun & Moon but they can also form around bright planets & stars. On 30th Jan '25 I photographed this beautiful <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Venus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Venus</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/corona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#corona</a>. They form when light from the Sun or Moon is diffracted by water droplets in cloud. Canon 1100D 10-18mm & 300mm lenses, Oxfordshire, UK <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/AtmosphericOptics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AtmosphericOptics</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/OpticalEffects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpticalEffects</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Diffraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Diffraction</a>

Mary McIntyre AstronomyOn Thur 28th Nov '24 I captured <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/IridescentVapourTrails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IridescentVapourTrails</a> from a <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Lufthansa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lufthansa</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Boeing747" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Boeing747</a> flight <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/LH462" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LH462</a> reg D-ABYK going from Frankfurt to Miami, at 32,000ft. Taken from <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Oxfordshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Oxfordshire</a>, UK with a Canon 1100D + 300mm lens <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/AtmosphericOptics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AtmosphericOptics</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Aviation</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Aircraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Aircraft</a>

Lee PetersenAtmospheric Optics Photo #6: Paraselene. This was a cool night to watch the aurora since there were also plenty of ice crystals in the air to create the atmospheric optical effects of the moon dog (paraselene) and 22-degree halo. There's a bit of a partial paraselenic circle as well (moon equivalent of a parhelic circle).<a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/atmosphericoptics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#atmosphericoptics</a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/Alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Alaska</a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/auroraborealis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#auroraborealis</a>

Lee PetersenAtmospheric Optics Photo #5: Parhelion. A bright parhelion (plural parhelia) is sometimes called a mock sun or sun dog. It's another atmospheric optic effect from the refraction of ice crystals appearing on one or both sides of the Sun at or near the 22° halo.<a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/atmosphericoptics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#atmosphericoptics</a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/parhelion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parhelion</a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/Alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Alaska</a>

Lee PetersenAtmospheric Optics Photo #4: Display over the Black Rapids Glacier. Ice halos with sundogs (parhelia), upper tangent ark, parhelic circle (extending horizontally through the sundogs), and a bit of an infralateral arc at the lower left of the image. This was the best display I've ever seen!More in my atoptics gallery: <a href="https://photos.lwpetersen.com/Galleries/Atmospheric-Optics/Atoptics" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://photos.lwpetersen.com/Galleries/Atmospheric-Optics/Atoptics</a><a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/atmosphericoptics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#atmosphericoptics</a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/halos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#halos</a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/glacier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#glacier</a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/Alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Alaska</a>

Lee PetersenAtmospheric Optics Photo #3: Light Pillars. Light pillars form when the light from artificial light sources reflects off plate-like ice crystals in the air between the light source and the observer.More info and photos on my website here: <a href="https://www.lwpetersen.com/atmospheric-optics/light-pillars/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.lwpetersen.com/atmospheric-optics/light-pillars/</a><a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/atmosphericoptics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#atmosphericoptics</a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/lightpillars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lightpillars</a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alaska</a>

Lee PetersenAtmospheric Optics Photo #2: Lunar Halo. The aurora weaves across the sky, seemingly through a 22-degree halo around a near-full moon. These halos are caused by refracting light from the Moon (or Sun) through hexagonal ice crystals in the atmosphere.<a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/atmosphericoptics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#atmosphericoptics</a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alaska</a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/auroraborealis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#auroraborealis</a>

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