by "ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
Published 01/03/2017 at 15:42
by "ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
Published 01/03/2017 at 15:42
Tags: planelopnik
STARS: 7
A
glory
, the rainbow halo surrounding an object’s shadow opposite from the sun, is projected on clouds outside an airplane window.
Astronomy Picture of the Day provides the following explanation:
Looking out the window of an airplane, you might be lucky enough to see “the glory” in the direction directly opposite the Sun. Before airplanes , the phenomenon, known to some as the heiligenschein or the Specter of the Brocken , was sometimes seen from mountaintops. There, when conditions were right, one could look away from the Sun and see what appeared to be the shadow of a giant surrounded by a bright halo . The giant turns out to be the observer, as in the modern version a silhouette of an airplane frequently occupies the glory’s center. This bright glory was photographed two weeks ago over Michigan from an airplane on approach to O’Hare International Airport . The cause of the glory is still being researched and is relatively complex . Surely, small droplets of water in some way reflect, refract, and diffract sunlight backwards towards the Sun . The phenomenon has similar counterparts in other branches of science including astronomy , where looking out from the Earth in the direction opposite the Sun yields a bright spot called the gegenschein .
Photo by Shane Larson via APOD
"SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie" (sidewaysondirt)
01/03/2017 at 15:44, STARS: 0
Looks like a hole punched in the light.
....could it be called a glory hole?
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
01/03/2017 at 15:45, STARS: 0
I decided not to go there.
"SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie" (sidewaysondirt)
01/03/2017 at 15:48, STARS: 0
Don’t lie.
"Rico" (ricorich)
01/03/2017 at 15:48, STARS: 0
Helluva way to reach the mile high club.
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
01/03/2017 at 15:49, STARS: 3
There was an image of an A320 in the middle of this faint circle before I thought to take a picture...
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
01/03/2017 at 15:56, STARS: 0
There you go. Same thing.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
01/03/2017 at 15:57, STARS: 1
I’m not saying I didn’t think about it....
"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
01/03/2017 at 16:10, STARS: 1
Reminded me of this. I was amazed how this turned out.
Phone camera, late afternoon light, through the window of a car traveling at ~120km/h... I’m going to call it a victory.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
01/03/2017 at 16:11, STARS: 1
Definite win.
"f86sabre" (f86sabre)
01/03/2017 at 18:28, STARS: 1
Cool shot. Glad someone took the time to take the pic.
