Optical phenomena

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Rare optical phenomena known as high altitude solar halos. ~Photo by Steve Gettle

Photographer Kaylyn Messer was browsing Facebook recently when she learned that there was a large ice circle in the river close to her home. She grabbed

This is not my first attempt to capture a sun dog though I think this is one of my better ones. Saturday's blizzard died down at just the right time and it made for and incredible sunset. The wind was quite strong during the capture of this image.

A writerswrite.co.za prompt: Write about a promise that lasted a lifetime. The air was still clearing when the clouds began to part and a weak sun shone through. Sitting exhausted on the sodden gro…

Explore the fascinating optical effects of Fata Morgana and mirages. Understand how different air temperatures cause these amazing visual phenomena.

This incredible display isn't some a futuristic domed city in an alien icy landscape or an artist's concept of magnetic fields, but a very real optical

Red sprites and blue jets are very high altitude upper atmospheric phenomena associated with thunderstorms. They have only recently been documented on camera. Red sprites are massive (as big as 20 km in size), but faint luminous flashes that appear directly above an active thunderstorm and coincide with powerful lightning strikes. Blue jets too are a high altitude optical phenomenon, but are different from sprites. They were first documented in 1994. Blue jets are optical ejections from the…

“This is the best photo I've seen of a "floating ship" mirage -- another sighting off the British coast. Here's how it happens: https://t.co/MNlKvNXUHk”