22º halo image index
 |
Halo
display Resolute Bay, Cornwallis Island, Canadian Arctic  . Cornwallis
Island, Northwest of Baffin Island, was so named by W E Parry
on his 1819-20 expedition in search of the North West Passage
~ he first observed Parry Arcs on
the same voyage. This display, imaged with a fisheye lens
by Marko
Riikonen of Finland, is dominated by the immense
dark eye of a 22º halo. The pallid sun is accompanied
by sundogs.
A fragment of parhelic circle joins
dogs and sun. Image ©Marko Riikonen, shown with
permission. |
|
|
