Monday, December 03, 2007

The first photo is the bottom portion of the 22 degree halo, with lower tangent arc. The other 3 photos are of the lunar equivalent of a subsun, which should be called a submoon. I am unable to find any references to or other photos of a submoon, however. http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/subsun.htm




A 22 degree halo around the moon, taken from an airplane at about midnight on July 29th/30th 2007. The brightening at the bottom of the halo in the 3rd photo is probably a lower tangent arc.



Sunday, December 02, 2007

More photos of clouds from the airplane. Also, the Empire State Building as seen from the roof of a 39 story apartment building.