Airplane Glory

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 01/03/2017 at 15:42 • Filed to: planelopnik

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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 !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , the phenomenon, known to some as the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! or the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , was sometimes seen from mountaintops. There, when conditions were right, one could !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and see what appeared to be the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! surrounded by a bright !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . The giant turns out to be the observer, as in the modern version a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! frequently occupies the glory’s center. This bright !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! was photographed two weeks ago over !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! from an airplane on approach to !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . The !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! is still being researched and is !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Surely, small droplets of water in some way !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! sunlight backwards towards the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . The !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! has similar counterparts in other branches of science including !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , where looking out from the Earth in the direction opposite the Sun yields a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! called !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

Photo by Shane Larson via !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > ttyymmnn 01/03/2017 at 15:44

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Looks like a hole punched in the light.

....could it be called a glory hole?

ttyymmnn > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 01/03/2017 at 15:45

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I decided not to go there.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > ttyymmnn 01/03/2017 at 15:48

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Don’t lie.

Rico > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 01/03/2017 at 15:48

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Helluva way to reach the mile high club.

Cé hé sin > ttyymmnn 01/03/2017 at 15:49

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There was an image of an A320 in the middle of this faint circle before I thought to take a picture...

ttyymmnn > Cé hé sin 01/03/2017 at 15:56

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There you go. Same thing.

ttyymmnn > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 01/03/2017 at 15:57

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I’m not saying I didn’t think about it....

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > ttyymmnn 01/03/2017 at 16:10

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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 > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 01/03/2017 at 16:11

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Definite win.

f86sabre > ttyymmnn 01/03/2017 at 18:28

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Cool shot. Glad someone took the time to take the pic.