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    Solstice Halos

    DIY Fogbow

    CZA Australia

    Florida Mist

    Boston Pillar

    Chromatic Glitter

    Lunar Halos

    Venus Corona

    Cloud Contrast Bow

    Aircraft Iridescence

    Sublime Iridescence

    More New halos

    New Halo

    Moonbow Challenge - 4d 6h

    Corrugated shadows

    Moonbow Challenge

    Finland Crepuscular Rays

    Why Pink?

    Mt Wendelstein Elliptical Halo

    Elliptical Halo

    Pennsylvania lights

    Baltic refractions

    Santa Cruz Superior Mirage

    Strange ships

    Sunward diffraction, Edinburgh

    Fogbow, Glory, Brocken Spectre

    Lamp halos - Anthelic Sky

    Halos in a bottle

    Eye in the sky, Parry arc

    Moonset with silhouetted distant peaks

    Over the horizon mountains + green flash

    Banded Airglow Video

    Summer Reminder - November '08

    Provost, Alberta ~ Fata Morgana

    Coloured 120° Parhelia

    White Parhelia

    Kasotochi

    Moonlight CZA

    Hole in the Sky

    Oregon Mock-Mirage Sunset

    Everest Alpenglow

    Earth Shadow, Romania

    Wine Glass Caustics

    Caustics

    46° Arcs

   Lunar Rainbows, N. Ireland

    Continuing stratospheric ash/aerosol

    Mediterranean Rays

    Lunar CZA

    Antarctica

    Iridescent Pileus

    Parry Arcs

    North Cascades Subsun,

    Grass Glory

    Corona & IRIS

    Rays - 2 views

    Germany         Hungary

    Yukon Opposition Glow

    Alpenglow

     Kasotochi Still Reigns, Sweden

    Alesund Rainbow

    Brazil Arcs

    Balloon Glory

    Sunward Earth's Shadow

                    Volcanic Skies

    Dusty Window Colour Fringes

    Sky Beam

    Rainbow Spokes

    Atlantic City Mist Shadows

    Arctic Halos

    Mountain Halos

    Quételet Colours

    Winter Ice

    Desert Pillar

    Midwest Subsun

    Parisian Colours    August '08

    Montana Pyramids

    3D Contrail Shadow

    Volcanic Glory

    Inca rainbows

     Tales of subsun tails

    NLCs Near Oslo           Gravity Waves, Oslo

     Noctilucent Clouds over Mongolia   

    Finland NLC        

    Ground Bows, Nevada

    Selsey Mirage

    Summer Ice

    Sun and Antisun

    Alaska shadow

    Halo pair

   NLCs shine on over Europe

   NLCs, Pleiades, Moon

    Extras