Comments on: Sundogs http://asymptotia.com/2007/06/16/sundogs/ Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:36:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: MedanKu.com http://asymptotia.com/2007/06/16/sundogs/#comment-126009 MedanKu.com Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:32:55 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/06/16/sundogs/#comment-126009 Something incredible happen to our town in Medan A perfect rainbow ring around the sun appeared at noon on 22 Sep 2008, we believe also known as Sun Dogs You might be interested to see the photos we took below: http://www.medanku.com/rainbow-halo-sun/ Warmest Greetings from MedanKu.com Something incredible happen to our town in Medan
A perfect rainbow ring around the sun appeared at noon on 22 Sep 2008, we believe also known as Sun Dogs
You might be interested to see the photos we took below:

http://www.medanku.com/rainbow-halo-sun/

Warmest Greetings from
MedanKu.com

]]> By: blueskyhigh http://asymptotia.com/2007/06/16/sundogs/#comment-111000 blueskyhigh Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:25:33 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/06/16/sundogs/#comment-111000 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMSnDKnNiI4&feature=PlayList&p=FF0BA1CC37E9ED56&index=0 Please check out this youtube SUNDOG video. Great Job! Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMSnDKnNiI4&feature=PlayList&p=FF0BA1CC37E9ED56&index=0

Please check out this youtube SUNDOG video. Great Job!
Enjoy!

]]> By: Jonathan Lubin http://asymptotia.com/2007/06/16/sundogs/#comment-55268 Jonathan Lubin Mon, 18 Jun 2007 03:12:10 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/06/16/sundogs/#comment-55268 Schubert’s <i>Winterreise</i>, from the poems by Müller: the next-last song is called “Die Nebensonnen”, and starts, “Drei sonnen sah ich am Himmel steh’n”. I was infuriated when listening to WGBH radio some time back, when a stupid musician talking about the song-cycle referred to the sight as “phantasmagoric”. There’s nothing strange about them where I come from, on the East Coast, though of course most people never look up into the sky and therefore don’t notice them. I always look for them in November and early December when I'm back home in the East; the best ones I’ve seen here in California appeared one evening in summer up at the Mount Wilson Observatory. Schubert’s Winterreise, from the poems by Müller: the next-last song is called “Die Nebensonnen”, and starts, “Drei sonnen sah ich am Himmel steh’n”. I was infuriated when listening to WGBH radio some time back, when a stupid musician talking about the song-cycle referred to the sight as “phantasmagoric”. There’s nothing strange about them where I come from, on the East Coast, though of course most people never look up into the sky and therefore don’t notice them.
I always look for them in November and early December when I’m back home in the East; the best ones I’ve seen here in California appeared one evening in summer up at the Mount Wilson Observatory.

]]> By: Sara T. http://asymptotia.com/2007/06/16/sundogs/#comment-55144 Sara T. Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:04:14 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/06/16/sundogs/#comment-55144 Love the graphic, thanks for including! The only times I've seen COMPLETE (both sides of the circle) sun dogs is whilst flying. Once at DPA airport it seemed like we took off through a sundog! (Wrote a poem on the experience, but can't find it just now....). Love the graphic, thanks for including!

The only times I’ve seen COMPLETE (both sides of the circle) sun dogs is whilst flying.

Once at DPA airport it seemed like we took off through a sundog! (Wrote a poem on the experience, but can’t find it just now….).

]]> By: astromcnaught http://asymptotia.com/2007/06/16/sundogs/#comment-54885 astromcnaught Sat, 16 Jun 2007 22:05:34 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/06/16/sundogs/#comment-54885 Yes, third from the left at the top, in Carl Brannen's halo website is what I saw. Yes, third from the left at the top, in Carl Brannen’s halo website is what I saw.

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2007/06/16/sundogs/#comment-54872 Clifford Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:36:21 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/06/16/sundogs/#comment-54872 Thanks Carl... I will. And have a great trip! -cvj Thanks Carl… I will.

And have a great trip!

-cvj

]]> By: Carl Brannen http://asymptotia.com/2007/06/16/sundogs/#comment-54868 Carl Brannen Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:21:54 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/06/16/sundogs/#comment-54868 We get these big time up in the relatively Northern latitudes (Seattle). A good set of pictures is at the <a href="http://www.halo.astronomie.cz/galerie/pol.php" rel="nofollow">halo website</a>, and you should link them in. Here's a <a href="http://www.ursa.fi/ursa/jaostot/halot/eng/intro.html" rel="nofollow">description</a> of 19 sun halos to look for, with scientific names, and a list of all observed rare halos. Somewhere around the web, there's a photograph of more than a dozen simultaneously appearing halos in Antartica, if I recall, but I can't find it. As far as photographing the Cascade mountains in late spring, I've found a willing companion, bought the stuff required (sun glasses for snow blindness, an emergency kit, rope, a couple emergency shelters) and found a place to cheaply rent mountaineering axes (REI) so we will leave in a few days when convenient. Hopefully I will not require helicopter rescue and will have photographs up in a week. We get these big time up in the relatively Northern latitudes (Seattle). A good set of pictures is at the halo website, and you should link them in. Here’s a description of 19 sun halos to look for, with scientific names, and a list of all observed rare halos. Somewhere around the web, there’s a photograph of more than a dozen simultaneously appearing halos in Antartica, if I recall, but I can’t find it.

As far as photographing the Cascade mountains in late spring, I’ve found a willing companion, bought the stuff required (sun glasses for snow blindness, an emergency kit, rope, a couple emergency shelters) and found a place to cheaply rent mountaineering axes (REI) so we will leave in a few days when convenient. Hopefully I will not require helicopter rescue and will have photographs up in a week.

]]> By: Navneeth http://asymptotia.com/2007/06/16/sundogs/#comment-54852 Navneeth Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:42:50 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/06/16/sundogs/#comment-54852 I saw this photo, but did not that it was one of the regulars at the blogs. Congrats on getting the image on SW, Yvette! Very nice shot. :) Btw, one of the great sites (maybe THE best) on atmospheric optics is, well, <a href="http://www.atoptics.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Atmospheric Optics</a>. The site owner, Les Cowley, is the resident expert at SW. I saw this photo, but did not that it was one of the regulars at the blogs. Congrats on getting the image on SW, Yvette! Very nice shot. :)

Btw, one of the great sites (maybe THE best) on atmospheric optics is, well, Atmospheric Optics. The site owner, Les Cowley, is the resident expert at SW.

]]> By: astromcnaught http://asymptotia.com/2007/06/16/sundogs/#comment-54851 astromcnaught Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:30:39 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/06/16/sundogs/#comment-54851 Excellent. I just love all these atmospheric effects. They are quite common when one takes the care to look. Often the sky is milky and forward scattering makes the sky very bright around the sun, masking these beautiful halos from most eyes. My technique is, whenever the sky looks suitable, is to watch the shadow of my head disappear behind another shadow. It will then be safe to look up into the bright glare. A polarising glass will frequently enhance the effects 10-fold. If I may be forgiven an anecdote... The most beautiful effect that I had the pleasure to witness was when gold panning in Australia. I had filled the pan with gravel and was swirling it around hopefully. My eyes suddenly re-focussed onto a flashing rainbow entirely contained and right in the middle of the pan! It was an upper contact arc, beautiful and bright, reflected from the water within the pan. That's the sort of thing that I love: sudden joins from far flung realms of thought. In this case a moment that lives with me after some 15 years. Excellent. I just love all these atmospheric effects. They are quite common when one takes the care to look. Often the sky is milky and forward scattering makes the sky very bright around the sun, masking these beautiful halos from most eyes.

My technique is, whenever the sky looks suitable, is to watch the shadow of my head disappear behind another shadow. It will then be safe to look up into the bright glare. A polarising glass will frequently enhance the effects 10-fold.

If I may be forgiven an anecdote… The most beautiful effect that I had the pleasure to witness was when gold panning in Australia. I had filled the pan with gravel and was swirling it around hopefully. My eyes suddenly re-focussed onto a flashing rainbow entirely contained and right in the middle of the pan! It was an upper contact arc, beautiful and bright, reflected from the water within the pan.

That’s the sort of thing that I love: sudden joins from far flung realms of thought. In this case a moment that lives with me after some 15 years.

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