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Solar Halo (Snapshots)

September 22, 2006 1:48:16 PM from JoeUser ForumsJoeUser Forums
You don't see these to often. I took these snapshots of a solar halo taken on May 12, 2006 at about 1:00pm from Santa Rosa, CA. Thought I would share. Enjoy!


As seen with the naked eye


Taken through the lens of my polarized shades
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Reply #1 September 22, 2006 2:13:10 PM
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Reply #2 September 22, 2006 3:27:07 PM
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Hey Xythe I have never seen one of these before - thank you for sharing it.


First time Ive seen one with my own eyes....your welcome!
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Reply #3 September 22, 2006 4:59:58 PM
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real nice, thank you.

 

santa rosa? I go through there when I visit my brother in windsor

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Reply #4 September 22, 2006 5:48:18 PM
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real nice, thank you. santa rosa? I go through there when I visit my brother in windsor


Thank you very much; and your welcome

Mostly nice and peaceful in Winsor....not so in SR.
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Reply #5 September 22, 2006 5:49:57 PM
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(Citizen)XytheSeptember 22, 2006 17:48:18


Mostly nice and peaceful in Winsor....not so in SR.


I know I lived at beech street just down the road from the safeway on highway 12.
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Reply #6 September 22, 2006 8:06:18 PM
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BTW. If anyone wants to see the full sized images, you can do so here>

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Reply #7 September 23, 2006 2:30:43 AM
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Reply #8 September 29, 2006 5:05:29 PM
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These halos are more commonly known as 'sun-dogs.'


Halos and sun-dogs a re actually different. Sun-dogs appear as bright spots of light to the kleft and right of the sun, at an angle of 22 degrees or more. Halos appear as arches or arcs around the sun or moon, some containing sundogs, and the light can be refracted into the colors of the rainbow (unlike sundogs).

I've seen them around the moon, too. They're just as beautiful but it doesnt fry your eyeballs to admire them, lol.


Ive seen halos around the moon far more often than around the sun. This is possible because as you say, you need to look in the general direction of the sun.
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Reply #9 September 29, 2006 5:26:07 PM
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Nice pics! Thanks for sharing them.
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