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			Rainbows, Halos, and Glories by Robert Greenler ISBN 0-89716-926-3 Excellent account of optical effects conveying vividly the excitement of their scientific investigation and discovery. A revered classic that has introduced so many to sky phenomena. Available here.

			Atmospheric Halos by Walter Tape Antarctic Research Series, Vol. 64, American Geophysical Union, Washington, 1994 ISBN 0-87590-834-9 Available from AGU Authoritative and lucid explanations. Magnificent images include many taken by the author at the South Pole.

	>		Polarized Light in Nature by Gunther Konnen ISBN 0 521 25862 6 Now available for free PDF download here Polarized light is of the blue sky, even of gray clouds, rainbows and the glory. Ice in the sky separately polarizes rays to double sundogs. Butterflies use polarization. It manifests wherever there are reflections. Gunther Konnen is an acknowledged expert on atmospheric optics and his book encompassing so many aspects of polarisation in nature is a delight to read.

			Atmospheric Halos and the Search for Angle x by Walter Tape & Jarmo Moilanen American Geophysical Union, Washington, 2006 details here. ISBN 10: 0-87590-727-X ISBN 13: 978-0-87590-727-7 While ostensibly about the quest to understand pyramidal crystal halos, this book is actually about all halos and their science. Complementary to Tape's earlier book.

			Color and Light in Nature by David K. Lynch & William Livingston Available from colorandlightinnature.com Now available again - Fine and readable introduction to and description of most atmospheric optics effects with clear explanations and guides to further reading.


			Halot. Jääkidepilvien valoilmiöt. [ Halos. The optical phenomena of ice crystal clouds ]. by Marko Riikonen ISBN 978-952-5329-89-6 URSA, Helsinki, 2011 Available online from publisher (Finnish site) or just e-mail [email protected] In Finnish. A very much up to date book by an acknowledged halo expert. Outstanding illustrations of a myriad of halo phenomena. Each halo is accompanied by several images, clear graphics and informative computer simulations making it a delight also to non Finnish readers. .

			Out of the Blue - A 24-hour Skywatcher's guide by John Naylor Cambridge University Press, 2002 ISBN 0 521 80925 8 hardback. Also in Spanish "Caído del cielo" Careful and thoughtful observations of sky phenomena accurately described and explained. Many historical insights hard to find elsewhere.

			Light and Color in the Outdoors by M.G.J. Minnaert Springer-Verlag, New York, 1993 ISBN 0-387-97935-2 This classic of observation and evocative description has inspired more than one generation of atmospheric optics followers. A mine of observation. Some explanations are now dated but that does not detract from the pleasure of this book..

			Mathematics in Nature by John A. Adam Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, 2003 Paper (Aug 06) ISBN: 0-691-12796-4: Cloth ISBN 0-691-11429-3 Atmospheric optics fill two chapters. But if you have ever wondered about the meanders of rivers, the songs of trees, the shapes of flowers or sand dunes or a myriad of other facets of nature this book will lead you to understand them.

			A Mathematical Nature Walk by John A. Adam Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, 2009 - Description ISBN 978-0-691-12895-5 Of atmospheric optics, spider webs, how leaves twirl around a stem, the shapes of eggs, can bubbles make a rainbow, the play of waves and ripples and nearly a hundred other questions. Shows how simple maths gives us insightful and often surprising answers.

			The Rainbow Bridge: Rainbows in Art, Myth and Science. By Raymond L Lee, Jr. and Alistair B Fraser Penn. State Univ. Press June 2001 ISBN 0-271-01977-8 A learned exploration of ideas about the rainbow from standpoints of atmospheric optics, art, colour theory, philosophy, religion and mythology. An eclectic book by foremost experts on rainbow theory.

			Light Scattering by Small Particles by H.C.van de Hulst Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1981 ISBN 0-486-64228-3 A classic mathematical description of the light scattering theory underlying most atmospheric optic phenomena.

			Sky in a bottle. By Peter Pesic The MIT Press, 2005 ISBN 0-262-16234-2 A short but thoughtful historical account of the development of our ideas on why the sky appears blue.

			Atlante Delle Meraviglie Del Cielo. [ Atlas of the Wonders of the Heavens]. by Paolo Candy ISBN 88-87155-28-3 travel factory Srl, Rome Available by e-mail to: [email protected] In Italian. The author is an avid observer and lover of the heavens and it shows. An enthusiastic account starting with the eye, clouds, lightning, ball lightning and sprites through to dust devils and wave clouds. Atmospheric optics proper is in sections on the diffraction phenomena of coronae and glories, rainbows, mirages, the green flash and of course ice halos.