Atmospheric - Rainbows
Lunar Halo Complex on Good Friday (with Labels)
A complex of halo phenomena on the evening of April 15, 2022, Good Friday of the 2022 Easter weekend, around the almost Full Moon. Ice crystals in the high cloud created the halos and arcs, set in the spring night sky, with the Big Dipper at top, Arcturus to the left, and Regulus and Leo at right. The colours of the arcs and sundogs were just visible to the unaided eye. Visible are: — The 22° halo — A large partial halo that looks like a 46° halo but is actually a supralateral arc. — A pair of paraselene (called parhelia when they are around the Sun) or colourful "moondogs" sit on either side of the Moon just outside the 22° halo. — The top of the 22° halo has a colourful upper tangent arc plus a faint Parry arc. — Tangent to the supralateral arc is a rainbow-hued circumzenithal arc. — A paraselenic circle (called a parhelic circle when it is created by the Sun) runs parallel to the horizon through the moondogs and Moon. — A faint and wide vertical light pillar also runs through the Moon up to the top arcs. This is a blend of 7 exposures from 30 seconds to 1/20 seconds to help retain the disk of the Moon amid the bright and hazy sky. All with the 11mm TTArtisan full-frame fish-eye lens at f/4 and Canon R6 at ISO 100. Exposures blended with luminosity masks created with ADP Pro v3.
Lunar Halo Complex on Good Friday
A complex of halo phenomena on the evening of April 15, 2022, Good Friday of the 2022 Easter weekend, around the almost Full Moon. Ice crystals in the high cloud created the halos and arcs, set in the spring night sky, with the Big Dipper at top, Arcturus to the left, and Regulus and Leo at right. The colours of the arcs and sundogs were just visible to the unaided eye. Visible are: — The 22° halo — A large partial halo that looks like a 46° halo but is actually a supralateral arc. — A pair of paraselene (called parhelia when they are around the Sun) or colourful "moondogs" sit on either side of the Moon just outside the 22° halo. — The top of the 22° halo has a colourful upper tangent arc plus a faint Parry arc. — Tangent to the supralateral arc is a rainbow-hued circumzenithal arc. — A paraselenic (?) circle (called a parhelic circle when it is created by the Sun) runs parallel to the horizon through the moondogs and Moon. — A faint and wide vertical light pillar also runs through the Moon up to the top arcs. This is a blend of 7 exposures from 30 seconds to 1/20 seconds to help retain the disk of the Moon amid the bright and hazy sky. All with the 11mm TTArtisan full-frame fish-eye lens at f/4 and Canon R6 at ISO 100. Exposures blended with luminosity masks created with ADP Pro v3.
A complex of halo phenomena on the evening of April 15, 2022, Good Friday of the 2022 Easter weekend, around the almost Full Moon. Ice crystals in the high cloud created the halos and arcs, set in the spring night sky, with the Big Dipper at top, Arcturus to the left, and Regulus and Leo at right of centre. The colours of the arcs and sundogs were just visible to the unaided eye. Visible are: — The main and common 22° halo. — A large partial halo that looks like a 46° halo but is actually a supralateral arc. — A pair of paraselene (called parhelia when they are around the Sun) or colourful "moondogs" sit on either side of the Moon just outside the 22° halo. — The top of the 22° halo has a colourful upper tangent arc plus a faint Parry arc. — Tangent to the supralateral arc is a rainbow-hued circumzenithal arc. — A paraselenic (?) circle (called a parhelic circle when it is created by the Sun) runs parallel to the horizon through the moondogs and Moon. — Far to the west is a rare 120° paraselene, another moondog. Had their been more haze to the east there would have been another 120° paraselene to the left for a more symmetrical display. This is a stitch of 7 exposures all 30 seconds with the 11mm TTArtisan full-frame fish-eye lens at f/4 and Canon R6 at ISO 100. Segments stitched with PTGui with full-frame fisheye projection.
Lunar Halo Complex Panorama (with Labels)
A complex of halo phenomena on the evening of April 15, 2022, Good Friday of the 2022 Easter weekend, around the almost Full Moon. Ice crystals in the high cloud created the halos and arcs, set in the spring night sky, with the Big Dipper at top, Arcturus to the left, and Regulus and Leo at right of centre. The colours of the arcs and sundogs were just visible to the unaided eye. Visible are: — The main and common 22° halo. — A large partial halo that looks like a 46° halo but is actually a supralateral arc. — A pair of paraselene (called parhelia when they are around the Sun) or colourful "moondogs" sit on either side of the Moon just outside the 22° halo. — The top of the 22° halo has a colourful upper tangent arc plus a faint Parry arc. — Tangent to the supralateral arc is a rainbow-hued circumzenithal arc. — A paraselenic (?) circle (called a parhelic circle when it is created by the Sun) runs parallel to the horizon through the moondogs and Moon. — Far to the west is a rare 120° paraselene, another moondog. Had their been more haze to the east there would have been another 120° paraselene to the left for a more symmetrical display. This is a stitch of 7 exposures all 30 seconds with the 11mm TTArtisan full-frame fish-eye lens at f/4 and Canon R6 at ISO 100. Segments stitched with PTGui with full-frame fisheye projection.
Sunset Double Rainbow with Autumn Trees
A double rainbow at sunset, so with reddish clouds and the red of the rainbow accentuated. Taken from home Sept, 28, 2021. A single exposure with the Canon R6 and 24-105mm at 91mm.
Sunset Rainbow with Rain Virga
A rainbow fragment with rain virga falling from the sunset clouds. A single shot with the Canon R6 and 24-105mm at 70mm.
A rainbow at sunset, so with reddish clouds and the red of the rainbow accentuated. Taken from home Sept, 28, 2021. A single exposure with the Canon R6 and TTArtisan 11mm fish-eye lens
Rainbow in the Irrigation Mist
A local rainbow in the mist of an irrigation boom. With the R6 and 24-105mm at 105mm.
A brilliant rainbow over a wheatfield in the light of a low Sun and with a dark thunderstorm receding. A fainter outer bow is visible at left. This was Friday the 13th, September 2019. This shows the sky inside the bow brighter than outside. The spectrum of colours is well shown but there were no supernumary arcs visible inside the bow. This is a 2-section panorama with the Canon EOS R and 24-105mm lens. Stitched with ACR.
Searchlight Rainbows from the Trollfjord at Trollfjord
Rainbows from the twin searchlights (here crossing paths) on the bow of the m/s Trollfjord on February 26, 2019, taken from forward Deck 6, as the ship was located and aimed at the mouth of the Trollfjord fjord itself in Norway, late at night and in the pouring rain. The Hurtigruten ships often stop at the Trollfjord by night and illuminate the entrance by searchlight. In summer they enter the narrow fjord. There is a double rainbow in each searchlight beam, and with Alexander’s Dark band prominent as the dark area between the primary (inner) and secondary (outer) bows, with the colour order reversed between the inner and outer bows. Taken handheld with the iPhone8 so the image is very very noisy. EXIF data says it is ISO 500 and 1/15 second at f/1.8 and at 3.99 mm focal length lens.
A double rainbow seen shortly after sailing across the Arctic Circle along the Norwegian coast on the Hurtigruten ship the ms Trollfjord. This is a panorama created in camera shot with an iPhone 8 with the Apple camera app. Processing with Lightroom.
A double rainbow seen shortly after sailing across the Arctic Circle along the Norwegian coast on the Hurtigruten ship the ms Trollfjord. This is a panorama created in camera shot with an iPhone 8 with the Apple camera app. Processing with Lightroom.
A double rainbow seen shortly after sailing across the Arctic Circle along the Norwegian coast on the Hurtigruten ship the ms Trollfjord. This is a panorama created in camera shot with an iPhone 8 with the Apple camera app. Processing with Lightroom.
Double Rainbow over Canola Field
A bright double rainbow over a ripening canola field, from home in Alberta. This shows the reversal of colours in the outer fainter bow, and rhe Dark Band between the bows, and bright sky inside the inner bow. With the 85mm Rokinon lens and Canon 6d MkII.
Double Rainbow over Canola Field
A panorama (from 3 segments) of a double rainbow over a ripening canola field from home in southern Alberta, July 18, 2018. The rainbow is almost a perfect semi-circle as the Sun was about to set in the west. With the Sun low, the rainbow would be at its highest as seen from a ground location. This is a classic double rainbow with the colours of the fainter outer bow reversed from the inner one. There is not a lot of blue here in the bows as the light from the setting Sun was dominated by yellow and red. Blue was filtered out by the atmosphere. This was with the Laowa 15mm lens and Sony a7III, and stitched with Adobe Camera Raw. Handheld on automatic exposure.
Mammatiform downdraft clouds on a retreating thunderstorm cloud with a rainbow lit by the low setting Sun, August 14, 2016 from home. This is a 4-panel panorama assembled in Adobe Camera Raw, with the Nikon D750 and 20mm Sigma lens.
A double rainbow at sunset with the last rays of the setting Sun lighting the clouds and making the rainbow look like its on fire. A single image with the 16-35mm lens.
A double rainbow at sunset on July 18, 2016 after a pyrotechnic thunderstorm. The low Sun is providing the red lighting, with some shafts of sunlight and shadow converging to the anti-solar point. This is a 2-frame panorama with the 16-35mm lens at 16mm, stitched with Adobe Camera Raw.
A cloudscape of a thunderstorm and rainbow fragment in the light of the low Sun from home in southern Alberta, July 3, 2016. A wonderful sky of colours, shades, and shapes. Certainly a Turneresque sky. This is a panorama stitch of 8 segments with the Sigma 20mm lens and Nikon D750.
Rainbow and Cloud Shadows at Sunset
A rainbow arc and converging cloud shadows at sunset on July 3, 2016 from home in southern Alberta. The clouds exhibit the classic mammatiform cell structure of the underside of a thunderstorm. Another Turneresque sky, with a superb painterly cloudscape. This is a single frame from a 650 frame time lapse with the 16-35mm lens and Canon 6D.
A cloudscape of a thunderstorm and rainbow fragments in the light of the low Sun from home in southern Alberta, July 3, 2016. The clouds exhibit mammatiform cells from downdrafts. The Sun is also casting some anti-crepuscular cloud shadows converging on the centre of the rainbow arc, the anti-solar point. This is a panorama stitch of 8 segments with the Sigma 20mm lens and Nikon D750.
Rainbow fragments in the light of the setting Sun, July 3, 2016, with a retreating storm, and cloud shadows converging on the anti-solar point at the centre of the rainbow. This is a 4-panel panorama stitched in Adobe Camera Raw.
A double rainbow in the afternoon sky, shot with a fish-eye lens to be suitable for projection in tilt-dome planetariums. Shot from home in Alberta, summer 2015.
Iridescent Clouds at Chaco Canyon
Iridescent clouds near the Sun in the afternoon sky over the Pueblo Bonito ruins at Chaco Canyon at the Chaco Culture National Hiistoric Site.