Wednesday, 12 August 2009

Sub-anthelion

First Panu Lahtinen thought he had seen the 120 deg sub-parhelia, but
after consulting Jarmo Moilanen, who noticed the shadow of the airplane,
the halo was identified to be "only" a sub-anthelion with a short
sub-parhelic circle attached to it. No other halos were seen. ( 1 - 2 - 3 )

The halos were seen on a flight from Helsinki to Ivalo on July 21, 2009
at 17:40 local time, and they were visible only for approximately 10-15
seconds.
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3 comments:

  1. marko riikonen12 August 2009 at 14:32

    Again I wonder why that sub-120 is so cryptic.

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  2. marko riikonen13 August 2009 at 14:37

    The thing lasted only 10-15 seconds. You probably had camera ready?

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  3. Panu Lahtinen13 August 2009 at 22:52

    I always have my DSLR with me when in-flight ;-) There was a glory visible a few moments earlier, so I already had the lens cap off and the camera at hand.

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