My sister just reminded me that the website spaceweather.com has cloud images as well as sunspot counts — we are in the midst of a long sunspot low, which has strong weather implications, so we had a good conversation about that. But the interesting thing is that today’s cloud image is a wonderful glory taken [...]
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Glory by Candy
Posted in Meteorology, tagged glory on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Glory
Posted in Meteorology, tagged glory, rainbow on October 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Everyone knows what a rainbow is, but there are many other light displays which are less known and, partly for that reason, less noticed. One is called a glory. As you know, a rainbow is visible when your back is to the sun, and only in the early morning (not a common time for showers) [...]