print email comment close Atmospheric Optics URL: http://www.atoptics.co.uk/ Description: "Light playing on water drops, dust or ice crystals in the atmosphere produces a host of visual spectacles — rainbows, halos, glories, coronas and many more. ... Find out where to see them and how they form." The site includes images and information about light rays and shadows, optical effects created by water droplets, ice halos, and high atmosphere phenomena. From a retired physicist and expert in atmospheric optics. Author: Cowley, Les Extra Keywords heiligenschein holy light Library of Congress Subject Headings: Atmospheric physics Meteorological optics LII Database Information: Record 15133 created by Sybil Finemel on 02/08/2004 Last modification on 05/14/2009 Published: 02/08/2004   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/15133