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Title: Astronomy Picture of the Day
Source: NASA
URL Source: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050309.html
Published: Mar 9, 2005
Author: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (U
Post Date: 2005-03-09 05:35:36 by 2Trievers
Keywords: Astronomy, Picture
Views: 69
Comments: 2

Explanation:

Sometimes it looks like the Sun is being viewed through a large lens.

In the above case, however, there are actually millions of lenses: ice crystals.

As water freezes in the upper atmosphere, small, flat, six-sided, ice crystals might be formed.

As these crystals flutter to the ground, much time is spent with their faces flat, parallel to the ground.

An observer may pass through the same plane as many of the falling ice crystals near sunrise or sunset.

During this alignment, each crystal can act like a miniature lens, refracting sunlight into our view.

The above image was taken near sunset last month

Winter Solstice near Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Dramatically visible behind neighborhood houses and trees and above the cloud deck is the 22 degree halo created by sunlight reflecting off of atmospheric ice crystals.

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#1. To: 2Trievers (#0)

nice picture to start the day:) California Red for tomorrow sounds like it will be good.

justlurking  posted on  2005-03-09   6:04:51 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

California Red for tomorrow sounds like it will be good.

After our nasty ice-snow event here in CT yesterday ... ANYthing sounds good.

May I recommend a impecccable little DuMol Pinot Noir from the Russian River ... rated a "94" in the Wine Spectator this month ... a bit pricey but worth the experience.

2Trievers  posted on  2005-03-09   7:09:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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