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« on: April 29, 2009, 11:51:11 pm » |
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Not sure quite what this is called, I suspect it's not got a specific name, and is just part of the Halo, any thoughts ? I saw this as the sun was going down. It was in a line vertically above the sun at about the 22˚ line  And with a plane  The sun was hiding behind a low bushy tree |
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« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2009, 11:58:20 pm » |
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Well spotted John!. If it was 22 degrees above the Sun then it was probably an Upper Tangent Arc (UTA).
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« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2009, 12:49:36 am » |
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Nice work John.
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« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2009, 01:48:07 am » |
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Nice UTA there John, some lovely colour there.
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« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2009, 08:07:12 am » |
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Thanks guys, and thanks for the ID.
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« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2009, 03:38:03 pm » |
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Still trying to get back through the forum after my absence, looking at John's very interesting images of a UTA. I saw something like that about a month ago, but it was horizontal with the sun at sunset. Would that be considered the same thing or is it a sundog? As you can tell, I don't know much about them!!  |
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« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2009, 03:42:21 pm » |
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Nice capture Richard. I'm pretty sure that Horizontally makes it a sundog, but I'm sure the others will confirm that.
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« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2009, 04:01:25 pm » |
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Nice image Richard...classic Sundog  |
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« Reply #8 on: May 07, 2009, 09:25:21 am » |
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Nice captures John & Richard...  |
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« Reply #9 on: May 07, 2009, 07:33:18 pm » |
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Nice image, Richard. It is a right sundog, not too bright though (maybe there was also a left one).
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Could very well have been a left sundog, but from my vantage point it was impossible to see.
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