Phenomena in Photos

I present to you a selection of 14 of the most beautiful natural phenomena associated with the play of light.




Rainbow wall

More rare atmospheric phenomenon known as "fire rainbow" occurs when the horizontal refraction of sunlight rising or setting sun through a horizontally placed ice crystals clouds. The result is a sort of wall, colored in different colors of the rainbow. Picture taken in the skies of Washington in 2006.



Halo

The sun's rays are reflected off ice crystals at an angle of 22 ° with respect to the Sun in the high-altitude clouds. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ice crystals can cause modification of the halo. In cold days there may be the effect of "diamond dust", in this case the sun's rays are repeatedly reflected by ice crystals.



Contrails planes

Jets exhausts and eddy currents at high altitudes converted ice particles in the water. The long white streak in the sky is nothing but the droplets of water in suspension.



Twilight rays

The sun's rays of the setting sun, passing through a gap in the clouds form a clearly-marked individual beams of sunlight. Very often, these feed the sun's rays can be seen in a variety of science fiction films. This photo was taken in one of the national parks of Utah.



Northern Lights

Northern Lights is not nothing but a bump in the upper atmosphere of the sun's rays and charged particles gases Earth's magnetic field.



Star tracks

Demonstrating the Earth's rotation. This phenomenon is quietly ordinary eye. To get a picture is necessary to put the camera on a long exposure. The picture shows only a single North Star, located almost above the axis of the Earth, remains almost immovable.



White Rainbow

Picture taken on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. The small size of the air drops of water makes it impossible for the decomposition of sunlight on the color spectrum, so the rainbow in white only.



Buddha's Light

This photo is made in China. The phenomenon is similar to the "Brocken specter." The sun's rays are reflected from atmospheric water droplets over the sea, the shadow in the midst of a circle of rainbow reflected beams - a shadow of an airplane.



Inverted rainbow

This unusual rainbow appears also as a result of sunlight breaking through the ice crystals which are only in certain parts of the clouds.



Mirage

Very common atmospheric phenomenon. It can be observed not only in the desert, but also on the road in the sultry heat. Formed as a result of this phenomenon of refraction of sunlight through the "lens" formed by layers of colder (at ground level) and warm (is above) the air. This unique lens is reflected by the object, which are located above the horizon, in this case the sky. Picture taken in Thuringia (Germany).



Iridescent clouds

The rays of the setting sun at the right angle "bump" in the water droplets of the clouds. As a result of diffraction (rounding sunlight water droplets) and interference of sunlight (decomp sunlight spectrum) as in Photoshop, figure cloud poured gradient fill.



Next rocket exhausts

Next on the Minotaur rocket released the US Air Force in California. Air currents blowing at different altitudes at different speeds, causing distortion of the rocket exhaust trail. The atmospheric water droplets, ice crystals melted also cause decomposition of sunlight on the different colors of the rainbow.



Phantom of Brocken, Germany

This phenomenon is observed foggy morning. Rainbow appears opposite the sun disk of the sun, resulting in reflection of sunlight by water droplets fog. An interesting triangular shadow tearing Prismatic disk of reflected sunlight nothing more than a projection of the upper surface of the clouds.



Zodiacal light

The zodiacal light is very often masks the moonlight and artificial light cities. In calm moonless night outdoors probability that you will see the zodiacal light, is quite high. This phenomenon occurs due to the reflection of sunlight from particles of cosmic dust surrounding the Earth.



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