Showing posts with label Rare observations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rare observations. Show all posts

October 10, 2010

Fogbow spectacular

02.10.2010

Temperature 8°C, relative humidity 99% and 0.0m/s wind at 08.00 UTC+2 in the morning.

Without the cloud disturbance it was hard not to notice these huge bows. A few hundred meters away on the roadside there was another fellow skywatcher - but wait, after a closer inspection I realized that he was facing towards sun and did not care about the fogbow. Seems that he counted hundreds of migrating birds (Canada Goose/Branta canadensis) who were resting on the field.
 
This is another fogbow that shows the secondary fogbow fairly well. Additional processing in Photosop brings out even the secondary supernumerary fogbow !
The latter is extreme rarity but can be produced in dark with bright searchlamp (links 1 2).
 

March 16, 2010

Winter Fogbow

16.3.2010

Winter fogbow
A composite of 8 frames.
Fogbow panorama

August 28, 2009

Fogbow at Tallinn-Tartu highway

24.8.2009

This fogbow was simply spectacular ! If looked carefully one might notice the faint and broad secondary bow which is a rare phenomena. Natural fogbows unlike the divergent light fogbows rarely shows the secondary bow. This is due the poor contrast against the background sky.

Circumstances that the observer is facing on a fog-wall and behind the back stays clear sky lit by bright sunlight happens not every day. Usually the contrast is lost when the sky is visible through the fog. A very tall and uniform fog-wall is needed for the secondary supernumerary bow, best places to observe are mountain regions and bridges.

I was able to take only a handful of frames, too bad that I had to go to a meeting that could not be skipped.
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See udukaar (uduvikerkaar) oli lihtsalt hämmastav. Kui hoolikalt vaadata, siis on võimalik näha ka teist udukaart. Loodusliku udukaarega (erinevalt tehisvalgusega tehtud udukaarest) kaasneb haruharva ka teine udukaar. Põhjuseks on peamiselt nigel kontrast taeva taustal.

Udukaar tekib samat moodi nagu vikerkaar. Valguskiired, mis peegelduvad veepiisakeses ühe korra tekitavad esimese kaare. Teise kaare tekitavad valguskiired, mis peegelduvad veepiisakeses kaks korda. Sellega, aga esialgsed sarnasused lõppevad. Vikerkaare puhul võime rääkida valguskiirtest, mis peale vihmapiiska sisenemist, peegeldumist ja väljumist järgib talle kindlaks määratud n.ö optilist geomeetrilist teekonda. Udukaare tekitavad vihmapiisast kordi väiksemad veepiisakesed, mis murravad valguskiiri ulatuslikult. Selline valguskiirte murdumine annab udukaarele peaasjalikult valge värvuse koos ähmase punasega väliskaarel ja ähmase sinisega sisekaarel. Erinevalt vikerkaarest on udukaare värvid laialivalgunud, sest iga värvi spekter kaarel on väga lai ning värvid kattuvad omavahel.

Teise udukaare vaatlemiseks oleks ideaalne kõrge ning ühtlane udusein, kusjuures vaatleja selja taha peab jääma selge taevas ning päikeseketas. Tihtipeale läheb kontrast kaotsi, kui udu tagant paistab ka taevas. Parimad vaatluskohad oleksid sillad, künkad ja orunõlvad.



Btw: this is another image which made it's way to Les Cowley's magnificent OPOD page.
Edit: Taken Tallinn-Tarty highway, near Vaida, about 500m away from the pedestrian bridge.
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PS: see on juba minu teine foto, mis on avaldatud Les Cowley imelises OPOD veebilehel.
Ja veel: Pildistatud Tallinn-Tartu maanteel Vaida lähistel, umbes 500m jalakäijate sillast Tallinna poole.

August 20, 2009

Upper sunvex Parry arc

15.8.2009

The upper V-shaped arc is known as sunvex Parry arc which is very rare sight in upper cloud layers.

July 22, 2009

Fogbow with secondary supernumeraries

15-16.7.2009

Long story short. A divergent light fogbow with the secondary supernumeraries. A very rare catch. You can read all about it at Les Cowley's Atoptics OPOD site.

Unfortunately the fog got me by surprise and I left at home hurry with a battery half charged and forgot the spare one in garage. Due to the battery fail I managed to shoot only a handful of images of which the best are shown here.


This image is enhanced to bring out more clearly the secondary supernumerarie bows.
 

 
In the car's headlights, quite mediocre but probably the best I have seen jet.

 
This is where I photographed the fogbows.
 
Some random shot while driving in fog.