Wednesday 14 May 2008

Two diamond dust displays in Finland

Miika Karppinen photographed this display in the town of Kajaani on 8 March this year. Upper sunvex Parry arc and 46° Parry arc are weakly present ( 1 ).

The other display occurred on 26 October 2006 in Salla ( 2 ). Photos were taken by Jani Päiväniemi. Under the circumzenith arc there is a patch of 46° halo, which could be indication of 46° contact arc. First convincing photos 46° contact arcs were taken three days later in Muonio ( 3 ).

Both Kajaani and Salla displays were captured with cell phone cameras.
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2 comments:

  1. Ágnes / Ági14 May 2008 at 16:08

    Really nice photos. What a pity that the 44° parhelia region is not there in the Kajaani photo. With such bright 22° parhelia it'd be good to see what's there behind the building and on the left.

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  2. marko riikonen14 May 2008 at 18:15

    Yes, this could have been a case for 44° parhelia. On the other hand, cell phone cameras tend to have plenty of "highlight clipping", so sometimes they convey a fakish impression of very bright parhelia.

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