tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post9022145085243443762..comments2024-03-28T10:16:44.231-07:00Comments on Cliff Mass Weather Blog: Iridescent CloudsCliff Mass Weather Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-71720540820706128982011-06-24T11:50:20.789-07:002011-06-24T11:50:20.789-07:00As I was whipping up my 'cap' this morning...As I was whipping up my 'cap' this morning, it crossed my mind . But....Doc....I SOOOO enjoyed hearing your expaination and seeing the maps with it.jamesdeanreeveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06042687018215767583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-63764371116880594042011-06-23T22:22:30.398-07:002011-06-23T22:22:30.398-07:00Sundogs, that's the "technical term"...Sundogs, that's the "technical term"Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04097231271796800101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-82803785326725365732011-06-23T21:15:15.385-07:002011-06-23T21:15:15.385-07:00Emily..I was not commenting on whether this was a ...Emily..I was not commenting on whether this was a circumhorizontal arc or not. You can iridescence with that feature as well...you often do...cliffCliff Mass Weather Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-29350186873405199112011-06-23T17:07:04.195-07:002011-06-23T17:07:04.195-07:00That's a circumhorizontal arc. JewelyaZ got th...That's a circumhorizontal arc. JewelyaZ got the AtmoOptics site link before me but here's another link directly to the page: http://www.atoptics.co.uk/droplets/irid1.htm<br /><br />I hate to disagree with such a learned professor, but atmospheric optics is a big hobby for me, and I believe it's a different mechanism causing the effect.Emily Pfeiferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17681724874487735677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-3814763296139650752011-06-23T11:19:57.462-07:002011-06-23T11:19:57.462-07:00Ron...Such arc clouds can have iridescence...they ...Ron...Such arc clouds can have iridescence...they are not mutually exclusive...cliffCliff Mass Weather Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-8193677011044156702011-06-23T07:59:30.506-07:002011-06-23T07:59:30.506-07:00Cliff, I may be wrong, but I believe that the phot...Cliff, I may be wrong, but I believe that the photos are examples of a circumhorizon arc. The website posted by JewelyaZ describes the difference between the arc and iridescent clouds. In Spokane we had a circumhorizon arc event 5 years ago. See: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/otx/photo_gallery/circumhorizon.phpRonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05656580847796616214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-41859426422726291542011-06-23T05:30:14.577-07:002011-06-23T05:30:14.577-07:00Here is an awesome resource for learning about the...Here is an awesome resource for learning about these sorts of things: <a href="http://www.atoptics.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Atmospheric Optics</a><br /><br />I saw those rainbow-looking things over Seattle too, and they made me smile. :-)<br /><br />Also, I think on Monday night, we might have seen the first (very small) noctilucent clouds of 2011. We always look from the community garden; that's the best patch of wide-open sky around here.JewelyaZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09434569437851248356noreply@blogger.com