Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pilots call them halos.Best, simon jessurun On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 10:50 PM, lkhermann <lkhermann op bresnan.net> wrote: > At 03:16 PM 3/10/2009, you wrote: > >> LUG: >> >> I've always called the slight rainbows around the sun a sun dog and >> wikipedia seems to agree, but I can't find any information on the rainbow >> reflections in the clouds opposite the sun, not around the sun. Does >> anybody know if there is a particular name for this atmospheric optical >> phenomenon? I have to keyword the stock photos. >> >> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/110074252 >> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/110074270 >> >> TIA >> >> Tina >> > > Tina, > > The rainbows that one sees in clouds opposite the sun go by the name of > alpinist's glory or pilot's glory. Usually they are nearly or completely > circular. You can most often see them as you watch the shadow of the > airplane move across clouds. This is not as dramatic as when it is rain > rather than cloud and is seen from a mountain peak. I love your photos. > > Lee > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >