Stuff in the Sky. Color and Wavelength Scattering.

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Presentation transcript:

Stuff in the Sky

Color and Wavelength

Scattering

Why the Sky is Blue

Crepuscular Rays

Anti-Crepuscular Rays

Earth’s Shadow

Earth’s Terminator

Earth’s Shadow

Sunset Colors

Another Consequence of Refraction

Mirages

The Green Flash

Multiple Scattering

Rainbows

Double Rainbows

Are There More Rainbows?

Reflected Rainbow

Inverted Rainbow

Fogbow

Why No Color in a Fogbow? Diffraction Multiple Scattering

The Glory

Specter of the Brocken

Glory and Fogbow

Ice Haloes

Ice Halo and Sun Pillar

Sun Pillar

Inverted Sun and Sun Dog

Inverted Halo

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