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>cloud-bow, the sub-sun, the sub-parhelic
>circle, sub-parhelia and the sub-anthelion?, could I find some
>photographs of these optical phenomena, spotted from
>earth-orbit?
One of these (the subsun) was found by the Dutch halo scholar Gunther P.
Konnen in 1970's. He wrote an article of subsuns in satellite images to
the British magazine Weather. A good example photo was published there.
>Has anyone ever spotted a " mirror-glory", produced in the light of a
>low sun reflected on the smooth surface of a lake?
Yes. There are observations and photographs, but these are extremely
scarce. Yet the thing should appear if one arrenges good hunting possibilities:
say 2-3 weeks in summer cottage at foggy time of year by the
side of a small lake (preferrably not in very windy area).
>Offset white arcs are colorless rainbows with not-so-normal postions in
>the sky: cloud it be that bright parhelia are the
>cause of these white rainbows?
Not even secondary halos are proven at the moment. There is only one
published candidate photograph of an alleged "parhelion of parhelion"
i.e. 44 deg parhelion, but this is a black and white and laboratory
enhanced photograph.
The existance of "offset arcs" is not well documented. This alleged
phenomenon is mainly a category by W.R. Corliss, whose anomaly source
project books contain a wide array of probable observing errors, as
well as genuine rare phenomena. Corliss's writing and analysing style
regarding optical phenomena is far from being an objective, nor is his
approach very scientific in general. What I am trying to say: Corliss
should be read with quite radical criticism in mind, as well as open
mind for novel phenomena. Its not an easy combination.
Best wishes, Marko
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