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Image of the day 12/15/2023

Sun dogs (Parhelia) & more, Markus A. R. Langlotz

Sun dogs (Parhelia) & more

Image of the day 12/15/2023

Sun dogs (Parhelia) & more, Markus A. R. Langlotz

Sun dogs (Parhelia) & more

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A very cold and icey winter day with ice clouds rolling in.
The sun through these ice clouds showed the 22° Halo with two Parhelia, a light column and the parhelic cycle, the latter two forming the so called "light cross".
Above the sun, touching the 22° Halo you can see the upper tangent arc. As light is scattered outside the 22° halo, the inner are of that circle is significantly
less bright than its outer area. This is not an image processing artifact!

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Sun dogs (Parhelia) & more, Markus A. R. Langlotz