What's New 2       Last Update January 20, '08

 
 Nov '07    

  High
  Atmosphere

 

  Zodiacal Light, Zodiacal Band and Gegenschein
  New Image Gallery
 

  Zodiacal Light from Paranal Observatory, Chile  

  Zodiacal Light from Haleakala Summit, Hawaii
  Zodiacal Light, Band and Gegenschein
  The Gegenschein - a smudge on the sky
  Zodiacal Light & The Pleiades
  Gegenschein and banded red airglow
  

 Oct '07    

  High
  Atmosphere

 

  High Atmosphere
  
  10 to 400 miles
  Lower stratosphere
  Ozone and eclipse blues
  Mesosphere
  Gravity waves
  
  Nacreous clouds
  Nacreous clouds
   
  Noctilucent clouds, NLCs
  NLCs
  About NLCs
  Noctilucent clouds, Orkney, Scotland
  Noctilucent clouds, Vallentuna, Sweden
  NLCs, Leeds, England
  NLCs, Durham, England
  NLCs, Ørsta Norway
  NLCs from orbit
  Finland NLCs
  Schlägl, Austria NLC display
   
  Rocket Trails
  Rocket trail over Arizona
  Rocket trail over Oklahoma City
   
  Airglow
  Airglow -- Banded airglow, Kansas
  Formation and spectrum
  Banded airglow close up
  Airglow from earth orbit
  Kansas airglow
   
  Aurora
  Aurora, where to see it - - Aurora, Ørsta Norway
  Magnetism rules
  Glowing gases - forbidden light
  Nitrogen Aurora, Finland
  Auroral Corona, Alaska
  Aurora, Tänndalen, Sweden
  Atomic Oxygen Auroral Curtains, Alaska
  Aurora, Vermont
  Rays and Curtains, Alaska
  Diffuse aurora, Riala/Norrtälje, Sweden
  Aurora Australis from ISS
  Glowing gases, aurora and airglow from orbit
  Red & green aurorae, Trier, Germany
  Auroral display, Kirovsk, Kolskiy Peninsula, Russia
  Molecular nitrogen display, Alaska
  Auroral display, Ørsta Norway

  Zodiacal Light
  Zodiacal Light


  Water
  Droplets

 

  Glory & Brocken Spectre
  Brocken Spectre & Glory Video 

  Iridescence
  Aircraft wings condensation cloud 
  Warm morning sun on damp wood 

  Coronae
  Pollen corona, Ontario, Canada 
  Bishop's ring, Kansas, USA 

 Aug '07    

  Rainbows

 

  Reflection & reflected rainbows   
  6 bows, Norway
  Multiple bows, Terschelling, Netherlands
  Reflection bow from a not quite calm sea
  Reflection bows  Formation
  Reflected bows

Multiple supernumerary bows
  Ashill, Somerset display

Spray bows
  Lower Falls, Yellowstone
  Point Reyes, California

  Double bow over the North Sea
  Nevache, French Alps bow


 Jul '07    

  Rainbows

 

  How bows change with drop size   
  MSU sprinkler bows  

  Rays

 

  Earth's Shadow
  Moonset and shadow 25-30,000ft

  Infra-red sunset
  Infra-red sunset Geneva toWarsaw

  Sunrise
  Sunrise over Lake Michigan


  Water
  Droplets

 

  Fogbows and cloudbows
  Ferry bow, Pacific Northwest
  Primary, secondary cloudbow & supers
  Cloudbow and glory
  Lake Michigan fogbow
  Saana Fell, Arctic circle fogbow
  Low fogbow Whiffen Split BC
  McGillycuddy Reeks, Kerry bow

  Glory, aircraft shadow and cloudbow
  Cloudbow and glory


 Jun '07    

  Halos

 

  Circumhorizon arcs
  'Braided' arc New Mexico
  Switzerland display
  Italian Alps arc


  Rainbows

 

 
  Low bow over the sea, Falmouth UK  

 Jan '07    

  Halos

 

  Lowitz arcs - new section
  Lowitz arcs

   
  1790 display
  Vaala Finland

  Middle arc over Atlantic Ocean
  Trier Germany

  Washington DC
  Geigelstein Germany

  Prekmurje region, Slovenia
  Landshut, Germany

  San Francisco USA

 Dec '06    

  Rays
  

 

  Mountain shadow
  Sri Pada (Adam's Peak), Sri Lanka


  High
  Atmosphere

 

  Nacreous Clouds
  Nacreous clouds Northern Sweden

  Iceland Cloud

  Rays
  

 

  Reflected Crepuscular Rays
  Reflected rays, Fairbanks Alaska
       San Diego County, California

  Double Cloud Shadow & Rays  
  Georgia, USA

  Crepuscular Rays
  Watching for Storms
  Sunset rays Edmonton, Alberta
  Northern Indiana Twilight Rays

  Sunset
  Sunset colours, California
  


  Rainbows

 

 
  Red bows, Orkney, Scotland  

 Nov '06    

  Halos

 

  Light pillars
  Light display radiating from zenith
  Light pillars to the zenith

  Rays
  

 

  Sunset Mirages
  Eclipse at Kourou, French Guiana

  Kourou sunrise 2
  Hot air ballon ducted mirage
  33,000 ft sunset
  Mystery sunset, Hawaii
  


 Oct '06    

  Solar
  Observing

 

  Solar software
  TiltingSun software version2

 Sep '06    

  Water
  Droplets

 

  Glory
  Glory and Brocken spectre Hopegill Head   Glory over New Mexico
  Brocken & Glory Sgorr Dhonuill
  Glory and poodle
  Grisedale Pike glory
  Meall Corranaich, Scotland

  Rays

 

  Earth's Shadow
  The Long Shadow
  Crater Lake, Oregon
  SAAO Sutherland South Africa


  Water
  Droplets

 

  Glory
  Balloon Shadow & Glory
  
  Coronae
  Pollen Corona
  Arizona Corona
  Lunar Corona & DOT, La Palma
  Corona Breil-sur-Roya, France
  Corona to iridescence, Hong Kong

  Iridescent Clouds
  Clouds, Western Argentina
  Texas Clouds1
  Texas Clouds2
  Iridescence nr Paris
  IridescenceSouthampton, England
  High iridescence, Orlando Florida
  Low sun iridescence, California
  Iridescence in pileus cloud, Singapore
  Iridescencent wave cloud, Norway
  Eiger clouds iridescence
  Iridescence in elongated lenticularis


  Rainbows

 

  Igauzu Falls, Argentina/Brazil

 Aug '06    

  Rainbows

 

  Reflected rainbows
  Roslyn Lunetta bows & ray diagram  
  New images

  Victoria Falls, Zambia  
  Igauzu Falls, Argentina/Brazil
  Supernumeraries, Leeds  
  Highway 401 Rainbow  
  Red Bow, New Mexico  
  Multiple Bow Display, North Carolina  
  Coyote Rim Ranch Rainbows  


  Solar
  Observing

 

  Solar software
  TiltingSun software

 July '06    

  Rays &
  Refraction

 

  Sunset Mirages
  Sunset Mirages
    Air temperatures
    Etruscan Vase
    M-Mir sunsets
  Images
  Index
   Etruscan Vase (larger version)
   Carlsbad California Sunset
   Sunrise, Nova Scotia
   Mushroom Sunset, La Coruna, Spain
   Ship Sunset Mirage, San Francisco
   Pancake Suns (larger version)
   Paranal Double Sun(large version)
   5 Sunsets, San Francisco

  Green Flashes
  Image Gallery
   Libyan desert rare ducted flash
   Hawaii blue flash
   Oregon Mock-Mirage flash 1
   Oregon Mock-Mirage flash 2
   Ducted Mock-Mirage flash
   Ducted Mock-Mirage flash 2