atmospheric optics

First post! Long time Metabunk silent fly on the wall... Tonight I went outside and there appeared to be this ring in the sky centered around the moon, of about 50 to 100 moons in diameter It seems to have to do with the atmosphere/clouds (light scattering?) This is not an effect of the camera...

A few days ago i witnessed a real life example of atmospheric tunnelling. Due to warm air over cold waters, the skyline of La Rochelle was faintly visible over 50 km away, despite it being normally below the horizon. I've seen this kind of optical phenomenon precisely twice. The air is usually...

As the upper air moisture was building for our next storm in the Central Valley of California, I first caught some normal sundogs, then I noticed the glow of the 120° parhelion over my right shoulder, the second one to the north was very faint, but it was there (4th photo). 11:45 am PST, Jan...