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   Photo & Art Credits  

My appreciation to all who have generously allowed their photographs and paintings to be shown. Locations now range from the High Arctic to the South Pole and sample all seven continents. In a few cases they extend beyond Earth.   Thank you!

  No images may be reproduced in any form unless permission is obtained from the individual copyright owners who retain all rights.    

  

Erik Aaseth - Norway

John Adam
- Virginia, USA

Alastair Adams
- England

Neil Adams
- UK


Richard Adams
- England

Juerg Alean
- Switzerland

John Allen
- Massachusetts, USA

Jesús Maíz Apellániz - Maryland, USA

Trevor Appleton - Yorkshire England

Luc Arnold - France

Taavi Babcock - B.C., Canada


Kevin Baird
- California USA

Carolin Baumann
- Germany

Joel Bavais
- Belgium

Yuri Beletsky
- ESO, Chile

Linda Bennett
- UK

Oscar Blanco
- Spain

Menno Boermans
- Netherlands

Ann Bowker - Cumbria England







Kevin Boyle
- England


Erik Brenna
- Oslo, Norway

David Briggs
- England

Walter Brisken
- New Mexico, USA

John Britton - Colorado, USA

Don Brown - Utah, USA

Gosia Budek
- Norway

Tom Byron
- Georgia, USA

Dominic Cantin
- Quebec, Canada

Simon Caldwell
- England

Luis Carreira
- Portugal

David Cartier - Yukon, Canada

Paul Charbonneau - Quebec, Canada

Lori Checkowy - Ontario Canada

Alexander Chernukho - Russia

Ian Collins - Wales


Bob Colwell - New Hampshire, USA

Cally Coman - Alberta Canada

Michael Connelley - Hawaii, USA

Tony Cook - England



Ian Cooper - Palmerston, New Zealand

Phil & jo Cooper - England

Adolf Cortel - Spain

Till Credner - Germany


Steve Crowe
- UK

Pedro-Luis Cuadrado
- Spain

Jan Curtis
- Wyoming, USA






Arne Danielsen
- Norway




Bruno David
- France

Don Davis
- California, USA

Martha Dawson - California, USA


Noel Dawson - NSW, Australia

Gordon Dickson - UK

J Dijkema - Netherlands

Gerrit Doeksen
- The Netherlands

Dan Dunn
- USA

Daniel Dupuis
- Nova Scotia Canada

Andrew Easton
- Suffolk, UK

Harald Edens
- Netherlands

Tom Eklund - Finland




Michael Ellestad
- Ohio, USA









Steinar Eliassen
- Norway

Anita Evans
- Cumbria, England

European Southern Observatory

Lynn Fink
- California, USA


Richard Fleet - England




Aidan Forde
- Kerry, Ireland


Bob & Trish Fosbury
- Germany





Jonathan Fox
- Spokane WA, USA

Julie Friedman
- Antarctica

Signe Strøm Flugsrud
- Norway

Gary Garb
- New Jersey, USA

Malcolm Garland
- Sheffield England


Don Gent - B.C. Canada

James & Dominick Giguere - WA, USA

Michael Gill - England


Andre Gillet - Belgium

Brent Gilstrap
- California, USA

Ian Goddard

Lisa Gonnelli
- New Jersey, USA

Grant Goodge
- NC, USA

Jeff Griffith - Maryland, USA

Chris Grohusko - Texas, USA

Michael Großmann - Germany

Pierluca Grotto - Italy



Ágúst Guðmundsson
- Iceland

Petri Hakkarainen
- Finland

Larry Hall
- Canada

Loren Hall
- Georgia USA

Hákon Halldórsson - Iceland

Russ Hansen - Michigan, USA

Hákon Hansson - Iceland

Koby Harati - Israel


John Hardwick - England

Bob Harrington - Seattle, USA


Brian Hartmann - Alaska, USA


David Hayes

Lawrence Hearn - Vancouver, Canada

P-M Hedén - Sweden



Leigh Hilbert - Hawaii, USA



Claudia Hinz
- Germany

Anne Hourston
- Scotland

Shane Hourston
- Scotland

George Howard
- Washington, USA


Leo Van Hoyweghen - Belgium

Damien Hutsemekers - ESO Chile


Clara Hughes

Daniel Hull - USA

Julie Deth-Rhoden Hutto - USA

Aymen Ibrahem - Egypt

Kalinka Irina Martin Iglesias - Norway

Dale Ireland - Washington, USA

Ian Jacobs - Thailand

Vincent Jacques - France


Lesley Jennings - Scotland

Poul Jensen - Alaska, USA

Ed Johnson - California, USA

David Johnston - Washington, USA

Ray Jones - Montana, USA

Denis Joye - France

Karl Kaiser - Austria


Jim Kaler - Illinois, USA



Paul Kamen - California, USA

Lauri Kangas - Ontario Canada












Walter Kauppila - Michigan, USA

Paul Kerr - UK

Franz Kerschbaum - Austria


Bill Kindred
- Arizona, USA

Andrew Kirk
- USA

Jim Kirk - USA

Jacob Klee - Virginia, USA


Steve Kluge - USA


Robert Koch - Arizona, USA

Sven Kohle - Germany


Günther Konnen - The Netherlands

Willie Koorts - South Africa

Jan Eric Krikke - The Netherlands

Mitsy Krzywicki - California, USA



David Kugler - Washington State, USA

Timo Kuhmonen - Finland

Benjamin Kühne - Germany

Steve Laing
- New York, USA

Carol Lakomiak
- Wisconsin, USA

David LaPuma - New Jersey, USA

Eric & Jay Landry - USA

Hugo Landheer - Netherlands

Angel Langmuir - Ontario, Canada

Jonathan Lansey - USA

Laurent Laveder - France

Philip Laven - Geneva Switzerland




David Lee - BC., Canada

David Legge
- UK

Pat Lehnart
- California, USA

Michael Light
- California, USA

Johannes Lillegaard - Norway

Dave Liquorice - Cumbria England


Alex Lloyd-Ribeiro - England

Ian Lockwood - Sri Lanka

Shaun Lowe - Nova Scotia Canada





Vincent Lowe - England

Roslyn Lunetta - USA

Jari Luomanen - Finland

Jean-Marie Maillard - Belgium

Ray Martin - England

Tom J. Martinez - Missouri, USA

Pat McCracken - NASA

John McKune
- Colorado, USA

Peter Meadows
- England

Melanie - UK

Steinar Midtskogen - Norway


Marko Mikkilä - Finland

David D Miller - Scotland

Ron Miller - Virginia, USA

Wong Chee Ming - Singapore

Lee Montgomerie - England

Alan Moorwood - England

Jodi Moses - Arizona, USA

Bernhard Mühr - Karlsruhe, Germany

Simon Murrey - Hong Kong

Fritz Myer - USA

Michael Myers - Pennsylvania, USA


Mark Nankman - Sweden

NASA









Pennina Neuman - Israel

Paul A Newman - GSFC-NASA

Dave Newton - England


Ken Nikolai - Arizona, USA

Terje O. Nordvik - Norway

Carolina Odman - Cambridge England


Jon Oldroyd - UK

Alain Origne - France

Joe Owen - Alberta Canada

Rob Owen - New Hampshire, USA

Geir Øye - Norway





Darren Parker - France

James Perdue - USA

Brad Petersen - California, USA

Don Pettit - NASA


Gerd Pfeiffer - Germany

Larry Phillips - Saskatchewan, Canada

Håkan Pleijel - Sweden

Darko Podravec - Croatia


Erkki Poikolainen - Finland

Tom Polakis - USA


Ólafur Þórisson - Iceland

Kevin Porter - Ontario, Canada

Andrew Pugh - BC, Canada

Amber Rahm - Vermont, USA






Kai Rannik - Yukon, Canada

Rob Ratkowski
- Hawaii, USA



Ewan Rayment
- UK

Derick Rethans - Netherlands

Dalla Rhodes
- Georgia, USA

Michael Rhodes
- Florida, USA

Stan Richard
- Iowa, USA




Marko Riikonen - Finland








   



Ray Rochelle
- California, USA

David Roles
- Alberta, Canada

André Rondi
- France

Sylvain Rondi
- France






Olivier Rouah - France

David Rout - California, USA

Jonathan Sabin - Florida, USA

Jim Salge - New Hampshire, USA



Val Salva - Mississippi, USA

David Sanchez - USA

Gary Saunders - USA


Odd-Tore Saugerud - Norway

Florian Schaaf - Germany






Lisa Schorzman - Idaho, USA

Kai Schreiber - USA

Cathy Schultz - New York, USA

Pepijn Schmitz - Netherlands

Terry Schwarz - Oklahoma, USA

Franck Schwitter - Switzerland

Ken Scott - England


John Scurlock - Washington, USA

Eva Seidenfaden
- Germany










Kathleen Shepherd - New Zealand

Michael Sierra - Alaska, USA

Ryan Skorecki - Alaska, USA


Michael Slezak - California, USA


Gary Smiley - Massachusetts, USA

Gill & Adrian Smith - England

Josie Smith - Switzerland

Nancy Smith - Ontario, Canada

Samo Smrke - Slovenia

Patrick Sogorb - France


Marc Sorensen - New Brunswick, Canada

Matt Spinetta - California, USA


Shannon Story - Texas, USA


Åke Svensson - Sweden

Nik Szymanek - England







Walter Tape - Alaska, USA




Chris Terran - England



Thomas Thies - Oregon, USA

Tricia Tie-Shue - Florida, USA

Charles Tilley - North Carolina, USA

Nannette Timothy - Alaska, USA

Tony Travaglia - New Zealand

David Tremblay - New Mexico, USA

William Trost - Ohio, USA

Mark Trusz - Canada

Alex Tudorica - Romania

Cherie Ude - USA


Shinya Ueda - Osaka, Japan

David van Unen
- B.C., Canada

Russell Urry - Utah, USA

Serge Vasseur - France

Josh Vaughan - Arizona, USA

Ant Veal - Birmingham England

Bram Verbaas - Netherlands

Randolph Wang - New Jersey, USA

Manuel Wanskasmith - USA

Mike Watson - UK

Keith Webb - Australia

Steve West - Arizona, USA

Raymon Wier - USA

Sue Wild-Kirn - Washington State, USA

Tony Williams - Liverpool, England

Amy & Paul Witty - USA

John Wright - Tennessee, USA

Cindy Yam - Hong Kong, ROC

Sergey Yeliseev - Russia

Jim Young - California, USA

Peg Zenko - Wisconsin, USA








Lyudmila Zinkova - California, USA










Doug Zubenel - Kansas, USA







Les Cowley - UK

  
Nacreous clouds & Ancient Burial Mound, Norway

Spray Bow, Lower Yellowstone Falls

Supralateral and infralateral arcs

Glory from Meall Corranaich, Scotland I
Glory from Meall Corranaich, Scotland II

Sunrise rays and shadows, Dartmoor, England


Fogbow off Newfoundland

Aerial anti-crepuscular rays, Florida
  
Mock mirage green flash sequence

Sunset pillar, Etton
   
Double sunset mirage at Paranal, Chile
   
Circumzenithal arc
Whiffen Split, BC, Canada fogboww II

Mock-Mirage sunset

Complex fogbow, Bavaria, Germany

Light display radiating from the zenith

Zodiacal Light from Paranal Observatory, Chile

Low rainbow over the sea, Falmouth UK

Mushroom sunset, La Coruna Spain

Glory - Swiss Alps
  
Arctic Ocean fogbow near Franz Josef Land
Arctic fogbow II
Fogbow, La Palma, Canary Islands
Glory - English Lake District
Red sunset rainbow
Refletion rainbows
22° halo English Lake District

Dew bow
Iridescence in elongated lenticular cloud

Column crystal sun pillar

Spoked rainbow, Portsmouth, England

Moon dog - paraselene

Anti-crepuscular rays, Boulder Colorado

Diamond dust sundogs

Nacreous clouds, Oslo

Double cloud shadow and rays

Zodiacal Light

Fogbow on Carn Gorm, Scotland

Sunset mirage - pancake suns

Moondogs, Snag, Yukon

Sunpillar Rivière-Ouelle, Québec

Tall artificial light pillars

Auroral display, Kirovsk, Kolskiy Peninsula, Russia

Iridescent clouds, Avoca, Ireland
Sunrise sun pillar, Powys

Dawn Pillar, Piscataqua River NH

Halo display near Longview, Alberta

Mauna Kea, Hawaii shadow

Tenerife green flash
Tenerife green flash - large
The Long Shadow

Summer Sun Pillar

Nacreous clouds, Swedish Lapland

Anticrepuscular rays, Lhasa, Tibet

Forest corona
Forest Glory

Rainbow low over Loch Awe, Scotland

Fogbows on Moncayo Mountain

British Columbia rainbows
Alaska March 1999 complex display
Auroral rays and curtains, Alaska
Auroral corona
Auroral curtains
Alaskan aurora

Nacreous cloud video
Nacreous clouds, Norway 31st January 2005
Mount Etna Brocken spectre and glory
22° lunar halo and aurora

Moonlight glory & Brocken Spectre, Pic du Midi

Subparhelia, subsun and lower tangent arc

High altitude sun pillar
Circumscribed halo

Parhelic Circle

Glory from Sgorr Dhonuill, Scotland

Seawater and rainwater bows

Reflected & reflection rainbows, Terschelling

Green flash, Oregon Coast

Circumhorizon arc lit cirrus fragments

North sea rainbows

9° pyramidal crystal halo

Fogbow, Finland
Circumscribed halo
Noctilucent clouds, Finland
Molecular nitrogen aurora, Finland

Corona around the sun
Iridescence developing into a corona
Morning fogbow, Ohio
Lunar fogbow
Car headlight fogbow
DIY glory
Hosepipe secondary bow supenumeraries
Circumzenithal arcs - effect of solar altitude
Sunvex Parry and upper tangent arc

Nacreous clouds near Oslo January 2005

Early evening rainbow

Observatory and sky images

Complex display, BC, Canada
Bright sundog, Blackcomb Mountain, BC

Corona
Corona reflected in garden pond
Dewbow on spider web


Glory & Brocken Spectre - Kerry Ireland
McGillycuddy Reeks, Kerry, Ireland fogbow and glory

Sundog and forest trees, Germany
Sundogs, Northern England
Circumzenithal arc
Lowitz arcs, Landshut complex display 
22° halo and upper tangent arc

Circumhorizon arc, Spokane WA, USA

Nacreous clouds, McMurdo Station, Antarctica

Oslo halo display Dec 16, 2007

Twilight rays and shadows, NJ USA

Upper tangent arc
Supralateral and Upper Tangent arcs

Infralateral arc

Circumhorizon arc, Spokane WA, USA

Eclipsed "Omega" Sunset, French Guiana
Eclipsed "Omega" Sunset, French Guiana2

Circumhorizon arc, Italian Alps

Moonbow at Yosemite Falls, California

Multiple supernumerary bows

Circumhorizon arc, NJ, USA

Parhelic Circle, High Sun

Circumscribed halo and 22° halo

Iridescence in altocumulus lenticularis

Twinned primary rainbow, Germany

Green flash from Monte Novegno, Vizenza, Italy
Crepuscular rays from Dolomite peaks
Anti-crepuscular rays Arsiero, Vicenza, Italy

Lunar halo display, Iceland

Lowitz arcs - Vaala Finland

Fogbow with multiple supernumeraries

Parry arcs - sunvex and concave

Dawn nacreous cloud, Iceland

Iridescent clouds

Nacreous cloud, Iceland

Parhelic Circle, Dead Sea
Halo display Israel, two images

Glory - Pen yr Ole Wen, Wales

Volcanic ash twilight
Corona & bishop's ring

Complex halo display at Fairbanks, Alaska
46° + supralateral arc

Glints and Halos, Whistler, Canada

Parhelic Circle

Noctilucent clouds, Vallentuna, Sweden
Aurora, Tänndalen, Sweden
Diffuse aurora, Riala/Norrtälje, Sweden

Anti-crepuscular rays
Cloudbow and glory1
Cloudbow and glory2

Lowitz arcs, Geigelstein Germany

Noctilucent clouds, Orkney, Scotland

Red rainbows, Orkney, Scotland

Fogbow on the Columbia River
Mock-Mirage green flash, Oregon Coast

Post storm rays, Belgium

High sun halo display
Parhelic Circle, High Sun

Circumhorizon arc

Over-the-horizon rays, Indiana, USA

Mystery Sunset - Hawaii

Sundogs and Khafra Pyramid, Giza

Daytime nacreous clouds, Norway

Mountain shadow, Mt Ranier at sunset

Iridescence in pileus above thunder head

Twinned rainbow, Breil, France
Corona Breil, France

Wave cloud iridescence

Reflected crepuscular rays, Fairbanks, Alaska

Circumhorizon arc, Mount Baden-Powell

Mt Ranier and circumhorizonatal arc

Pollen corona - Ontario, Canada

Iridescent clouds

Rainbows over Schlägl, Austria
Noctilucent clouds, Schlägl, Austria

Four ringed glory from the air
Sun Pillar November '02
Smoky sun pillar

Green flash video - San Francisco

Lunar 22 degree halo (large)
Lunar 22 degree halo (small)
Lunar pillar
Ontario Sunset July 8,2003
Sunset crepuscular rays
Sunpillar over Lake Ontario
Fall streak sundog
Misty morning rays
Iridescent clouds
Lunar corona
Lunar corona2
Light pillars to the zenith

Igauzu Falls Rainbows

Lower sun pillar, Tignes, French Alps

Glory from aircraft
Iridescence from aircraft wing condensation cloud

MMT rainbows

Solar corona

Cape Cod Sundog

Subhorizon arcs around anti-solar point 
Saturn - Ammonia crystal halos

Earth's Shadow Crater Lake, Oregon
Anticrepuscular rays, Maine

Rocket trail over Arizona

Forest corona
Forest Glory

Reflection rainbow puzzle

Earth's Shadow, SAAO Sutherland South Africa

Sundog with hot air balloon

Infralateral arc/CHA & not a 46° halo fragment
Circumhorizon arc
Sundog colours

22 dgree halo Puget Sound

Saana Fell, Northern Finland fogbow

Twinned rainbows

Lower sun pillar, Hunter Mountain, NY

Venus light pillar


Pileus cloud iridescence

Reflection rainbows from the sea

Opposition effect on Mars

Winter halo display with parhelic circle

Aerial glory Houston Texas

Mock-Mirage sunset

Glory between Frankfurt and Geneva
Subhorizon lower tangent arc
Anti-crepuscular rays from the air
Infrared sunset

Crepuscular rays

Nacreous clouds Northern Sweden

Glory at sea

Lunar astronaut shadow

Oslo halo display Dec 16, 2007

Sunpillar, County Durham, England

Noctilucent clouds, Durham, England

Sri Pada mountain shadow

Light pillars
Sunset pillar at Sutherlands Lake, Nova Scotia
Lower sun pillar
Sun pillar Jan 03
Sunrise mirage, Nova Scotia Canada

Reflection rainbows, Scotland

Reflected rainbows

Diamond dust halo display

Contrail shadow and lunar 22º halo

England halos - February 9, 2001

Sky-wide crepuscular rays

Exhaust plume shadow - Shuttle launch

Rare green flash, Libyan Desert

Corona


Primary Bow, Scottish Western Highlands

Moilanen arc during Oslo halo display
Oslo halo display Dec 16, 2007

First images of Kern arc

Eclipsed sun at sunrise

Jupiter cloudscape, ammonia crystal halos

Pileus cloud iridescence

Nacreous clouds, UK February 1996

Eiger iridescence

Coloured Sky Rainbow

120° parhelion and parhelic circle

Anticrepuscular rays from the air

Lowitz arcs in Washington DC halo display

Sunset mirage - Etruscan vase
                          Close up

Bright supernumerary bows

Moonset from ISS
Moonset from ISS - closeup
Moonrise from Skylab
Opposition effect on Mars
Noctilucent clouds from ISS
Airglow from earth orbit
Aurora Australis from ISS
Glowing gases, aurora and airglow from orbit

Halo display with Parry & Lowitz arcs, Israel - 4 images

Nacreous clouds from high altitude

Glory on Grisedale Pike
Rays over Skiddaw, Cumbria, England

Corona

Multiple rainbows

Crepuscular rays, Cambridge
Sunset rays, Cambridge

46° halo, Antarctica

Rainbows at Nevache, French Alps

Sun pillar, Cold Lake, Alberta

Colebrook 1935 halo display

Wave cloud iridescence
Noctilucent clouds, Ørsta Norway
Aurora, Ørsta Norway
Aurora2, Ørsta Norway
Nacreous clouds, Ørsta Norway

Brocken Spectre and Glory Video

Montana Fogbow

Reflected crepuscular rays

Moonset from ISS
Moonset from ISS - closeup

Parry arc and upper tangent arc

Spoked rainbow

Nacreous clouds - Göteborg, Sweden

Zero order glow
Iridescence above sunlit damp wood

Halos at Hollola, Finland

Glory over New Mexico
Lake Michigan fogbow

Nacreous clouds, Iceland, 18th February 2005

Grand Canyon rainbows and storm

Parhelic circle and paragliders

Crepuscular rays
Vermont rays
Afternoon crepuscular rays, Vermont
Upwards crepuscular rays
Circumzenithal arc shines in tangled cirrus
Aurora, Vermont

Sundog at Old Crow, Yukon

Moonbow and Venus
Zodiacal Light from Haleakala Summit, Hawaii
Gegenschein, smudge on the sky

Igauzu Falls, Argentina Rainbow

Nacreous clouds, Norway, 31st January 2005

Iridescent clouds, Western Argentina

Iridescent clouds

Crepuscular rays from dark clouds
Sun pillar, sundogs and parhelic circle
Sunpillar November 04
Circumzenithal arc at Johnston, Iowa

Earth's Shadow, Chile
Car headlight fogbow and glory
Car headlight glory from less fresh fog
Halo display, Resolute Bay, Canadian Arctic
Light Pillars, Joensuu, Finland
South Pole complex halo display
South Pole 22º halo
South Pole 4th January 1999 22º halo
Parhelic Circle, South Pole
Bishop's ring
South Pole corona
Pollen Corona

Iridescence, Northern California

Sunset rays, Alberta, Canada

Moonlight glory & Brocken Spectre, Pic du Midi

Sun pillar over cloud decked Pacific
Crepuscular rays over Pacific
Circumzenithal arc at Paranal, Chile
Circumzenithal arc at Paranal, Chile II
Circumzenithal arc at Paranal, Chile III
Moonlight glory & Brocken Spectre, Pic du Midi

Kilimanjaro, Tanzania shadow

Iridescent clouds

Bright anti-crepuscular rays

Fogbow, Mount Washington Observatory, NH
Glory on Mount Washington, NH
Lower sun pillar, Mount Washington, NH

Pilot's Glory Video

Blue flash - Hawaii

33,000 ft Sunset
Middle Lowitz arc

Oslo halo display Dec 16, 2007

North Sea green flash
North Sea green flash sunset sequence
North Sea green flash sunset sequence 2
North Sea green flash large
Wind curved inversion layer flash
North Sea green flashes - close ups

Circumhorizon arc, Post falls, Idaho

Green flash - Sarasota

Sun pillar and power pylons

Grand canyon rainbow

Rocket trail

Complex halo display fron diamond dust

Brocken Spectre, Yr Aron Snowdonia
Brocken Spectre, English Lake District

Lower sun pillar from the air

Lowitz arcs
Sunrays, misty November morning
Opposition Effect from the air, Uzbekistan
Opposition Effect on road surface
Circumzenithal arc in cirrus threads
Corona around the moon
Twinned rainbow, Trier, Germany
Rainbows in road signs
Primary and secondary fogbow and supernumeraries
Red & green aurorae, Trier, Germany

Rays over the Tasman Sea

Light Pillars, Anchorage, Alaska

Lower tangent arc from mountain
Halo cross

Balloon Shadow & Glory
Balloon Ducted Mock-Mirage Sunset

Circumhorizon arc, Boston

Circumzenithal arc


Circumhorizon arc, Switzerland

Crepuscular rays

Lowitz arc

Parhelic Circle, high sun
Parhelic Circle, lower sun

Circumhorizon arc, Fredericton, Canada

Primary and secondary rainbows
Rays over the Tasman Sea

Iridescent clouds1
Iridescent clouds2

Nacreous clouds, Luleå Sweden

Mountain shadow, La Palma
Brocken Spectre
Glory from the air
High and Low aerial glories
22º halo
Corona & DOT
Zodiacal Light from La Palma

Ice crystals sampled at South Pole I
Ice crystals sampled at South Pole II
Column crystal clusters
Glass bead bows

Nacreous clouds, UK February 1996
Rainbow Supernumeraries
Noctilucent clouds, Leeds, England

Lunar rainbow

22° halo, May 2002

Multiple rainbow display

Alaska Sundogs

Wave cloud iridescence

Red Bow, New Mexico

Lunar circumscribed halo & paraselenic circle

Sundogs, Toronto, Canada

Sundog & Storks, Romania

McMurso Antarctica nacreous clouds
More nacreous clouds

Venus pillar

Diamond dust lower sun pillar

Anticrepuscular rays, Wasatch Mountains

Twinned rainbow, Presles, France

Mauna Kea, Hawaii shadow

Supralateral arc

Anti-crepuscular ray panorama

Forest glade corona

Pacific Northwest ferry fogbow

Fogbow - Beinn Liath Mhor, Scotland

Rays, Dandenong Ranges, Australia

Moon Dogs, Arizona

Braided circumhorizon arc

Spokane circumhorizon arc

Anti-crepuscular rays - Switzerland

Crepuscular rays

Mauna Kea, Hawaii shadow

Corona to iridescence

22° halo Kola Peninsula

Sun pillar January 04

Moonlight crepuscular rays
Anticrepuscular rays near Ashland, Wisconsin
Corona & Iridescence
22° halo and contrail shadows
Smoke rays, Alberta, Canada
Sunset pillar, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Sun pillar January 05
Sunrise over Lake Michigan

Golden Gate fogbow & glory
Multiple blue and green flashes
Cloud-top green flash
Mock-mirage green flash sequence
Ducted Mock-mirage green flash sequence
Sea spray bows, California
Ship sunset mock-mirage
5 miraged sunsets
Lowitz arc, San Francisco
Golden Gate Sundog

Bishop's Ring, Kansas
Banded airglow, Kansas
Banded airglow close up
Kansas airglow
Zodiacal Light, zodiacal band and gegenschein
Gegenschein and banded red airglow


22° halo
Crepuscular rays and windmill
Crepuscular rays
Anti-crepuscular rays at Brancaster Bay
Upward crepuscular rays from cumulus
Cloud shadows
Contrail shadow
Winter sunset  
Winter sunset2
Summer sunset
Misty sunset
Windmill sunset narrow
Windmill sunset wide
Flattened sun   
Sunset mirage and windmill

Cloudscape, North West England
Heiligenschein
Morning rainbow
Zero order glow
Supernumerary arc on secondary rainbow
Cloudbow
Sun pillar June '00
Subsun, Italy 
23° upper arc - pyramidal crystals 
Martian complex display 
Nacreous clouds
Moonset from ISS - montage prep
Opposition effect streak in barley stubble
Changing sprinkler bow
Earth shadow, anti-twilight arch and moon set  
   

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