16.00 - 20.00

Today Conor and i witnessed the best halo complex we have ever seen which lasted for a minimum duration of 4 hours. On view was a..

Colourful 22* sun halo

Coloured Upper Tangent Arc with vertical white 'horns'

Multi coloured 22* east and west sundogs with Parhelic circle

Bright coloured Circumzenithal Arc

Coloured 44* Sun Halo

All of these atmospheric phenomena were visible at the one time and were truely staggering to watch. We walked out to a country location and took a wealth of images as well as camcorder footage. The western sundog was the brightest i have ever seen framed bewteen tree branches with a long white tail. This is the best display i have observed since last Aprils spectacle. Unfortunately i destroyed my images by over sharpening them but Conor has got his great shots to share. Here are a few of mine...

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That's a mighty impressive display Conor .... great observation!

Bart.

Martin you mean lol...thanks Bart

Conor will post his shortly.

All best Bart

Heres a few more...

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Martin you mean lol...thanks Bart

DOH!!!!!

Appologies ... I do realise that you're not actually the same person!

BB

Great shots Martin. Heres a few of mine. I also caught an 18deg halo inside a 22

Great shots Conor..is that halo on the shot with me in it?

Great shots Conor..is that halo on the shot with me in it?

No, its somebody else...

I can see the 18* halo no problem. Thats a new one to tick of the list as it is a very rare sight!

hi Martin/Conor,

great shots! Fantastic to capture the 18 degree halo. Well done on the rainbow shot the other week too that really shows the preferential scattering of light, resulting in the inside of the bow being brighter than the outside.

you should send that 18 degree shot to Les Cowley at www.atoptics.co.uk/

atb,

John

Thanks for the feedback and info John. I am sure Conor will send them to that site.

I have seen another wonderful display today. Will post images shortly

Thanks again John and goodluck!!

For the 2nd day in a row i have witnessed an impressive halo display around the sun. The sky was covered with high level cirrus type clouds and murk creating the perfect conditions for these atmospheric phenomena. The complex halo display lasted from 13.05 - 17.30 and consisted of a bright colourful 22* halo, upper tangent arc, twin 22* elongated yellow/white sundogs with bright 10* long 'tails' extending from each dog away from the sun. The parhelic circle actually extending from the sun through the halo and beyond the sundog into the sky. Note that the sundog is not located on the 22* halo but is located outside it which is more rare than the common sundog. All images ISO64/shutter priority 1000/Handheld....

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Thanks alot. I will send them them to him. Cheers