Dear
friends and observers of atmospheric phenomena!
In addition to
the worldwide exchange of information on the apparition
of rare haloes, we hereby open an international
collection
of rare types of general atmospheric
phenomena. If you have observed one of the
phenomena listed up here, please send an expressive picture (perhaps
with links
to more pictures) and a short text to one of the contributors listed
below. We are looking forward to receiving a large number of postings!
Rainbows/Fogbows
- twinned, waved or bended ones
- reflected light rainbows or fogbows
- moonlight rainbows
- rainbows in diverging light
- rainbows with an aperture of more than 180° (or which more
than 180° are visible)
- unusual rainbows
- fogbows with clearly visible supernumerary bows
- well defined dew bows
Glory/Spectre
of the Brocken
- unusual spectres of the Brocken (like the one in reflected light,
photographed by David Lynch)
- things like houses, trees etc. projected against clouds or the sky
- unusually looking spetres of the Brocken (parachutes, angels,
climbers etc.)
Bishop´s
Ring
- all clearly photographs with a well defined Ring of Bishop
Coronae
- coronae in algae
- pollen coronae on water surface
- coloured bows or arcs on water surface
- pollen coronae from plants from which pollen coronae are not
known (also caused by shaking the plant)
- coronae on unusual media (e.g. on mosquito wings)
Green
Flash
- blue flash
- unusual or well defined forms of the green flash
Other
- bead or ball lightning
- extremely bright purple morning or evening light
- extremely well defined crepuscular and anticrepuscular rays
- mirages
- new or rare phenomena
- phenomena the origin of which is not known up to now
- Observations with two or more phenomena visible at the same time