Displays

The kaleidoscope halos in a streetlight present some nomenclature problems. Please see the article Nomenclature Woes on my webpage (click the image above). I invite your suggestions for better names for the halos. Walt Tape

I welcome all fans of halo! Yesterday, March, 14th I observed halo in interesting enough combination. In this sunny day, walking on the Finnish gulf, I always checked the sky on presence halo. But it was not in the sky,…

Last January, 27 th, I managed to get one of my best halodisplays during my long observation period of halos – I have observed these phaenomena more than 15 years already. On my way home from work I observed 14…

The morning of 24th February at Riihimäki started with a solitary patch of supralateral arc ( 1 ) which was seen in a passing cloud and lasted for only a few minutes. Later on during the day a clearly elliptical…

The photo here shows divergent light 22° halo on snow surface in Eastern Siberia in January 1996. In airborne crystals divergent light 22° halo is a cigar-shaped surface, sometimes known as Minnaert’s cigar, while on snow surface a slice of…

Photos and videos of the windshield halos seen on the night of 26/27 January in Tampere are now available in two galleries ( 1 – 2 ). The display was dominated by plate and Parry oriented halos. Circumzenith and circumhorizon…

I would like to present a possible explanation for the Moilanen arc. I have read about the existence of this unexplained arc a few weeks ago and tried to figure out possible explanations. After getting the reflected lower sunvex parry…

On 15 January Marcin Matusinski from Poland observed one of the best Polish halo displays. It was visible on a ski slope on the Male Skrzyczne Mountain in the Beskidy Mountains (elevation about 950 m). The crystals originated from the…

The photo of this display is from László Dubek. It was shot on 28 December 2008 in the skiing cente of St. Corona, Austria. For further photos of the display, you can visit László’s gallery. ( 1 )

Last night we were observing a halo display on a car windshield. We will return to this later when all photo and video material is processed. Marko Riikonen, Jari Luomanen