These pyramidal crystal halos were observed by Anthelene over Sakaiminato city in West Japan. The most interesting features of this high cloud display are the 9°, 20°and 24° plate arcs. Marko Riikonen has made a simulation with HaloPoint2.0 (
1 ), according to him, the 20° plate arc had been photographed only once or twice in high clouds before. More of Anthelene's images can be seen on her website:
http://bluemomenttime.blog89.fc2.com/blog-entry-442.html