There are several excellent books available explaining weather and atmospheric phenomena:
* Rainbows, Halos, and Glories, by
Robert Greenler, 1994, Peanut Butter Publishing.
* Light and Color in the Outdoors, by M.G.J. Minnaert, 1993, Springer-Verlag.
* Atmospheric
Halos, by Walter Tape, 1994, American Geophysical Union.
* Color and Light in Nature, by D. K. Lynch and W. Livingston, 2001, Cambridge
Univ. Press.
* Rare Halos, Mirages, Anomalous Rainbows and Related Electromagnetic Phenomena, by W. R. Corliss, 1984, Sourcebook Project.
*
Meteorology: Understanding the Atmosphere, by S. A. Ackerman and J. A. Knox, 2003, Brooks/Cole.
* Out of the Blue, by John Naylor,
2002, Cambridge
* The Book of Clouds, by John A. Day, 2003, Silver Lining Books
* Kaleidoscope Sky, by Tim Herd, 2007, Abrams, Inc.
For
Kids:
* Exploring the Sky by Day, by Terence Dickinson, 1998, Firefly Books.
* Light and Color, by F. Healey and P. Hamilton,
1962, John Day Company
These pages contain images of various atmospheric and weather effects I have seen while living in southern Arizona. The images
are from the Tucson area, the Santa Rita mountains, and an occasional plane trip. I was fortunate to work on Mt. Hopkins for many
years, and the mountaintop weather there is phenomenal due to the isolated high altitude peak. These photos were taken
with a Nikon 990, Nikon 4500, Nikon P5000, Fuji F10, Konica Minolta 7D, Konica Minolta A2, and Sony A700.
What's New
3-7-09:
* added anticrepuscular display from plane.
* added moon airy disk.
2-20-09:
* Changed name from 'Phenomena' to 'Optics'.
* Added subsun, glory, crepuscular trees, and moondog images.
