Incredible Light Phenomena


	Incredible Light Phenomena
chestnut501
7-28-2009 5:49 PM
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science, weather, atmosphere, light, water, reflections, ice, shadows
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7-28-2009 7:48 PM
lollipop10
Beautiful, always loved crepuscular rays. (didn't know what they were called, but i always loved them)
7-28-2009 7:49 PM
ofcapri
Hi ya chestnut501 - Sooo Beautiful!
7-29-2009 11:25 AM
ecossaiseheloise
Thank you what a lovely array!
7-29-2009 12:02 PM
mountainpalm
It's the beautiful things in life that make this
all worth it. I don't want to miss a day!!!!
7-31-2009 2:20 AM
chestnut501
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/20-most-incredible-light-phenomena-pics/1412"><STRONG>Iridescent Clouds</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/20-most-incredible-light-phenomena-pics/1412"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/D011E93A-ADEB-4D23-8D53-C107FC1A275F" alt="iridescent clouds" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/20-most-incredible-light-phenomena-pics/1412"><STRONG>Moonbow</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/20-most-incredible-light-phenomena-pics/1412"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/0BA502DD-2EB8-4AE7-B5A3-6A28E0B0F905" alt="parhelic circle" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/20-most-incredible-light-phenomena-pics/1412"><P><STRONG>22º Halo</STRONG></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/20-most-incredible-light-phenomena-pics/1412"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/0FC373F3-F243-4E13-981E-C859889A2CA6" alt="22 degree halo" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/20-most-incredible-light-phenomena-pics/1412"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/BD04DC6D-87EB-4765-840C-F8752ED5B2D0" alt="star trails" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/20-most-incredible-light-phenomena-pics/1412"><P>Not technically visible to the naked eye this breathtaking image was captured by leaving a camera with a <A href="#" class="kLink" target="undefined" id="KonaLink2"><FONT color="blue"><SPAN class="kLink">shutter</SPAN></FONT><SPAN id="preLoadWrap2"><DIV id="preLoadLayer2"><IMG src="http://kona.kontera.com/javascript/lib/imgs/grey_loader.gif" /></DIV></SPAN></A> opening of over an hour at night. The natural rotation of the earth causes the stars in the sky to move across the horizon, creating these wonderful trails behind them. The only star in the night sky that appears stationary at all times is Polaris, the North Star, which hovers above the celestial North. The same would be true in the south but there is no star bright enough over it.</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/20-most-incredible-light-phenomena-pics/1412" href="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/20-most-incredible-light-phenomena-pics/1412" style="font-size: 11px;">www.environmentalgraffiti.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/20-most-incredible-light-phenomena-pics/1412"><STRONG>Crepuscular Rays</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/20-most-incredible-light-phenomena-pics/1412"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/D8AB1A5F-197C-4B72-8A67-D58DD301EBE4" alt="crespular rays" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/20-most-incredible-light-phenomena-pics/1412"><STRONG>Fata Morgana (Mirage)</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/20-most-incredible-light-phenomena-pics/1412"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/A1F2729F-B75A-4250-8C2B-822BED759D94" alt="fata morgana mirage" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/20-most-incredible-light-phenomena-pics/1412">The interaction between cold air near ground level and warm air immediately above it may act as a refracting lens and produce an upside down image of objects on the horizon, over which the actual image appears to hover.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/20-most-incredible-light-phenomena-pics/1412">Mirages are always of real objects, although it is true they can appear closer due to the effect.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/20-most-incredible-light-phenomena-pics/1412"><STRONG>Light Pillar</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; 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