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			Rainbows, Halos, and Glories by Robert Greenler Elton-Wolf Publishing, Milwaukee, WI, 2000 ISBN 0-89716-926-3 Available from Blue Sky Associates Cat. No. RBK119 A classic and must have book. Excellent account of optical effects conveying the excitement of their scientific investigation and discovery.

			Atmospheric Halos by Walter Tape Antarctic Research Series, Vol. 64, American Geophysical Union, Washington, 1994 ISBN 0-87590-834-9 Available from Blue Sky Associates Cat. No. HBK121 and AGU The book for halos - get it. Magnificent images including many taken by the author at the South Pole. Authoritative and lucid explanations

			Atmospheric Halos and the Search for Angle x by Walter Tape & Jarmo Moilanen American Geophysical Union, Washington, 2006 details here. ISBN 10: 0-87590-727-X ISBN 13: 978-0-87590-727-7 Although ostensibly about the quest to understand pyramidal crystal halos, this book is about all halos and is complementary to Tape's earlier book. Beautifully illustrated and written, it presents unique insights into halo history, science, observing and the crystals that make halos.

			Color and Light in Nature by David K. Lynch & William Livingston Cambridge University Press, 2001 ISBN 0-521-775043 (New edition) Introduction and description of most atmospheric optics effects with clear explanations and guides to further reading.

			Out of the Blue - A 24-hour Skywatcher's guide by John Naylor Cambridge University Press, 2002 ISBN 0 521 80925 8 hardback. Also in Spanish "Caído del cielo" Careful and thoughtful observations of sky phenomena at day and night freshly and accurately described and explained. There are many historical insights hard to find elsewhere.

			Lichtspiele in der Luft - Atmosphãrische Optik für Einsteiger by Michael Vollmer Elsevier Spektrum, Heidelberg, 2005 ISBN 3-8274-1361-3 hardback Neues umfassendes Buch zur atmosphärischen Optik, sowohl für Einsteiger wie auch für Experten. Wissenschaftliche Erklärungen, großzügiges Bildmaterial, zahlreiche Grafiken und Literaturangaben zur weiteren Beschäftigung mit dem Thema.

			Light and Color in the Outdoors by M.G.J. Minnaert Springer-Verlag, New York, 1993 ISBN 0-387-97935-2 This classic of observation and evocative description has inspired more than one generation of atmospheric optics followers. Some descriptions and explanations are now rather dated.

			Mathematics in Nature by John A. Adam Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, 2003 Paper (Aug 06) ISBN: 0-691-12796-4: Cloth ISBN 0-691-11429-3 Atmospheric optics fill two chapters. But if you have ever wondered about the meanders of rivers, the songs of trees, the shapes of flowers or sand dunes or a myriad of other facets of nature this book will lead you to understand them. Maths helps but there is plenty to browse otherwise.

			Light Scattering by Small Particles by H.C.van de Hulst Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1981 ISBN 0-486-64228-3 A classic mathematical description of the light scattering theory underlying most atmospheric optic phenomena.

			The Rainbow Bridge: Rainbows in Art, Myth and Science. By Raymond L Lee, Jr. and Alistair B Fraser Penn. State Univ. Press June 2001 ISBN 0-271-01977-8 A learned exploration of ideas about the rainbow from standpoints of atmospheric optics, art, colour theory, philosophy, religion and mythology. An eclectic book by foremost experts on rainbow theory.

			Sky in a bottle. By Peter Pesic The MIT Press, 2005 ISBN 0-262-16234-2 A short but thoughtful historical account of the development of our ideas on why the sky appears blue.

			Le Meraviglie del Cielo by Paolo Candy Il Castello, Milano, 1997 ISBN 88-8039-125-9 Guida al riconoscimento e alla fotografia dei fenomeni atmosferici e astronomici visibili a occhio nudo. English version in press.