Best Halo Complex Seen Yet!

16.00 - 20.00

Today Conor and i witnessed the best halo complex we have ever seen which lasted for a minimum duration of 4 hours. On view was a..

Colourful 22* sun halo

Coloured Upper Tangent Arc with vertical white 'horns'

Multi coloured 22* east and west sundogs with Parhelic circle

Bright coloured Circumzenithal Arc

Coloured 44* Sun Halo

All of these atmospheric phenomena were visible at the one time and were truely staggering to watch. We walked out to a country location and took a wealth of images as well as camcorder footage. The western sundog was the brightest i have ever seen framed bewteen tree branches with a long white tail. This is the best display i have observed since last Aprils spectacle. Unfortunately i destroyed my images by over sharpening them but Conor has got his great shots to share. Here are a few of mine...

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That's a mighty impressive display Conor .... great observation!

Bart.

Martin you mean lol...thanks Bart

Conor will post his shortly.

All best Bart

Heres a few more...

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Martin you mean lol...thanks Bart

DOH!!!!!

Appologies ... I do realise that you're not actually the same person!

BB

Great shots Martin. Heres a few of mine. I also caught an 18deg halo inside a 22

Great shots Conor..is that halo on the shot with me in it?