[petuniasevan]

By all means click on the links above, especially "such apparitions" and "six-sided ice crystals"

This site has lots of photos, not only of atmospheric optics, but of lightning and clouds, plus some astrophotography.

weather-photography

I just bought an expensive new toy I will try out when it stops being cloudy/foggy. It's a Sony Mavica digital camera -- it burns images onto a mini CD-R or CD-RW. It's a great thing! I can't wait to experiment with the settings and extras...

[petuniasevan]

[xJones]

I just bought an expensive new toy I will try out when it stops being cloudy/foggy. It's a Sony Mavica digital camera -- it burns images onto a mini CD-R or CD-RW. It's a great thing! I can't wait to experiment with the settings and extras...

Your photos will be great! Thanks in advance for sharing.

[trussell]

Even with the coverage of the war, this is still my favorite thread. Please keep them coming.

[RightWhale]

Note that inside the moon halo the sky is dark, but outside the halo the sky is bright. The light for the halo is essentially robbed from the interior of the halo and redistributed to the halo ring and outside the halo. The same display can be seen around the sun, but the sun display is much brighter and has regions of color and other regions of pure white. I have looked for color in the moon ring, but apparently the display is not bright enough for my eye to detect color in the moon halo. Perhaps your camera will pick up some color there. Look to the right and to the left parallel to the horizon on the ring; if there are some light clouds there it might help. I don't believe anyone has seen color in the moon halo, but it ought to be there.