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SOMETHING MYSTERIOUS IN THE STATE OF DENMARK....
Spaceweather ^ | March 23rd, 2009

Posted on 03/24/2009 6:06:29 PM PDT by TaraP

On March 20th, Danish photographer Jesper Gronne looked up at the clouds and saw not just one or two but three concentric halos around the sun. Before the rare display could fade, he grabbed his camera (a Canon 5D) and snapped more than 20 pictures. Stacking the images on his computer yielded a pin-up quality record of the event: I never expected to see such a rich variety of ice halos here in lowland Denmark--and it's not even winter anymore!" he marveled.

What could cause such an apparition? Atmospheric optics expert Les Cowley explains: "We can work outwards from the sun to explore the mysteries of this display. The first ring is an exceptionally bright and rare 9-degree halo made by tumbling pyramidal ice crystals in the clouds. The same crystals also produced displays on the other side of the North Sea the night before. The inner halo's bright upper and lower patches could be something very rare indeed, plate arcs from aligned pyramids. But we must be cautious, they could just be spots of thicker cloud!"

"The next bright ring is at first sight the common 22-degree halo but with so many pyramidal crystals about it could also be a combination of other pyramidal halo rings. There are hints too of 18 degree pyramidal halos inside it. At least the two sundogs are familiar sights!"

"Farther from the sun at top is another familiar halo, the ‘smile-in the-sky' circumzenithal arc made from ordinary ice plates. But the one touching it and curving downwards is another mystery. We know it is either a supralateral arc or a 46 degree halo. But if a supralateral, we would expect an upper tangent arc from the same column crystals – there is none. If a 46 degree halo then the inner 22 degree ring should be much brighter! Displays like this one are fascinating and need long studies of many photos to unravel and be sure of their secrets."


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: meteorology; sundogs
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To: HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity

21 posted on 03/24/2009 6:31:12 PM PDT by TaraP (The RAPTURE: Separation of Church and State)
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To: cripplecreek

That’s a great photo!


22 posted on 03/24/2009 6:33:41 PM PDT by abigailsmybaby (No taxation without lubrication.)
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To: TaraP

Very nice TaraP :)


23 posted on 03/24/2009 6:33:43 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: Frantzie

Thank you.


24 posted on 03/24/2009 6:35:03 PM PDT by Kackikat (It isn''t over till it's over, and it s not over yet.....when the TRUMPET sounds I'll be gone...)
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To: neodad

FOFL!


25 posted on 03/24/2009 6:35:37 PM PDT by Velveeta
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To: TaraP

God is taking a close look at Denmark.


26 posted on 03/24/2009 6:36:07 PM PDT by School of Rational Thought (CPA, MBA needs a job - referrals welcome)
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To: neodad
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27 posted on 03/24/2009 6:37:09 PM PDT by omega4179 (Don't spread my wealth, spread my work ethic.)
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To: theDentist; tubebender; TaraP
Good call.

"Spirit in the Sky"

28 posted on 03/24/2009 6:37:55 PM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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To: TaraP
You live in a most beautiful place!

There's a reason I stay in Michigan.
29 posted on 03/24/2009 6:38:43 PM PDT by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: TaraP

Looks like earthquake weather:^)


30 posted on 03/24/2009 6:40:41 PM PDT by dainbramaged (Buy more ammo.)
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To: TaraP
Did he get a picture of the mighty host in the sun?
31 posted on 03/24/2009 6:40:59 PM PDT by BenLurkin (Mornie` utulie`. Mornie` alantie`.)
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To: tubebender

Paging Alan Parsons...


32 posted on 03/24/2009 6:41:09 PM PDT by Skywarner (The U.S. Armed Forces... Producers of FREEDOM for over 200 years!!)
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To: cripplecreek
Nice shot.

I saw something very similar on my way to work last week.

I know it has to do with ice crystals in the atmosphere. I reckon a prism effect.

33 posted on 03/24/2009 6:41:39 PM PDT by Northern Yankee (Freedom Needs A Soldier)
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To: cripplecreek; tubebender; Pete-R-Bilt

Wow. Very nice photo... f20, iso 1600, shot at a thousandth of a second!... shots like that give us black body ninja types white lens envy. Well done sir.


34 posted on 03/24/2009 6:43:26 PM PDT by glock rocks (candy apple purple. I don't have ADD, it's just... do you like waffles?)
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To: cripplecreek

Only God could create something so beautiful.....


35 posted on 03/24/2009 6:53:12 PM PDT by pctech
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To: TaraP

That’s a double exposure.


36 posted on 03/24/2009 6:55:38 PM PDT by mamelukesabre
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To: glock rocks

When the weather warms up I’m going to try some of the night sky photography. I’ve been studying.


37 posted on 03/24/2009 6:57:37 PM PDT by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: omega4179

“Something rotten in Denmark.” ;-)

BTW - where did that phrase come from? Hamlet???


38 posted on 03/24/2009 7:00:32 PM PDT by Frantzie (Boycott GE - they own NBC, MSNBC, CNBC & Universal. Boycott Disney - they own ABC)
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To: glock rocks

Exactly what I thought...


39 posted on 03/24/2009 7:03:31 PM PDT by tubebender (99% of Lawyers give the rest a bad name...)
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To: cripplecreek; tubebender

Yah, I’m waiting for the first cloud break myself... looks like snow until next Sunday here. I’d like to get a shot of the ISS going over on bulb, and finally learn to take a decent shot of the moon... and maybe by the fourth, some fireworks.

Practice, practice, practice...


40 posted on 03/24/2009 7:07:36 PM PDT by glock rocks (candy apple purple. I don't have ADD, it's just... do you like waffles?)
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