Atmospheric phenomena and sky
Rainbows, halos, aurora, coronae, cloud formations, storms. Also some other phenomena. The beauty in the sky!
Atmospheric halos Natural phenomena that occur as light is being reflected and/or refracted by little ice crystals in the atmosphere. Please note that below the subgalleries ther...
Rainbows and fogbows The colorful and milky white arcs that form in water drops in the atmosphere
Night sky Starry skies, northern lights and other celestial nightscapes
High atmosphere Noctilucent clouds, polar stratospheric clouds and volcanic ashes
Storms and cloudscapes Lightning, cloud formations, crepuscular rays...
Coronae and other phenomena Spheres and patterns of color caused by the scattering of light in the atmosphere. Also other atmospheric phenomena and celestial events.
Ice Crystal Images These are the culprits behind halos. I've also included images of dendrites of various kinds although they mainly form pillars instead of elaborate and rare hal...
The Sun Pictures of the Sun, the star closest to us
Related artefacts My collection of books, articles, stamps, prints and all kinds of historical artefacts related to halos and other atmospheric optics. I have also included some ...