List of atmospheric optical phenomena
For broader coverage of this topic, see
Atmospheric optics
and
Optical phenomena
.
A
circumzenithal arc
over
Grand Forks, North Dakota
The
Belt of Venus
over
Paranal Observatory
atop
Cerro Paranal
in the
Atacama Desert
, northern Chile
[
1
]
Crepuscular rays
at sunrise in
Malibu, California
Atmospheric optical phenomena
include:
Afterglow
Airglow
Alexander's band
, the dark region between the two bows of a double rainbow.
Alpenglow
Anthelion
Anticrepuscular rays
Aurora
(northern and southern lights, aurora borealis and aurora australis)
Belt of Venus
Brocken Spectre
Circumhorizontal arc
Circumzenithal arc
Cloud iridescence
Crepuscular rays
Earth's shadow
Earthquake lights
Glories
Green flash
Halos
, of Sun or Moon, including
sun dogs
Haze
Heiligenschein
or halo effect, partly caused by the
opposition effect
Ice blink
Light pillar
Lightning
Mirages
(including
Fata Morgana
)
Monochrome Rainbow
Moon dog
Moonbow
Nacreous cloud/Polar stratospheric cloud
Rainbow
Sprite (lightning)
Subsun
Sun dog
Tangent arc
Tyndall effect
Upper-atmospheric lightning
, including
red sprites
,
Blue jets
, and
ELVES
Water sky
A double rainbow at Minsi Lake, Pennsylvania
A
sun pillar
in
Finistère
,
Brittany
Atmospheric optical phenomenon
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"Belt of Venus over Cerro Paranal"
.
Picture of the Week
. ESO
. Retrieved
14 August
2013
.