24 points | by num42 2 days ago
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If you're at all interested in this stuff, Atmospheric Optics is a fantastic resource that illustrates and explains these phenomena with both depth and accessibility. Note that the menu on the left hides lots of layers.
https://www.atoptics.org.uk/halo/common.htm
https://www.atoptics.org.uk/halo/dogfm.htm
Super old school, love that it's still online.
(edit: incidentally, rainbows and glories fall under the water droplets category)
137 pave pdf on rainbows and it's in black and white. Pretty upset about this :)
If you're at all interested in this stuff, Atmospheric Optics is a fantastic resource that illustrates and explains these phenomena with both depth and accessibility. Note that the menu on the left hides lots of layers.
https://www.atoptics.org.uk/halo/common.htm
https://www.atoptics.org.uk/halo/dogfm.htm
Super old school, love that it's still online.
(edit: incidentally, rainbows and glories fall under the water droplets category)
137 pave pdf on rainbows and it's in black and white. Pretty upset about this :)