Halo Alert 1-15-06 + 2 new halos wegner and heliac arc

[Michael Ellestad]

Hello Forum,

What a breaking halo newsflash I have. I was out walking in the woods with my camera when I looked to the west to be greeted by a long very bright section of parhelic circle. I got the camera out and looked again and lo and behold there was Wegener's anthelic arc!!! I got quite a few pics of it and there is clear coloring in the halo. Later on when the circumzenith, supralateral arc and 46d halo appeared I saw faint white sharp curving arc near circumzenith and it was a rare heliac arc from parry oriented columns!! again more pictures. I also got sharp tangent and parry arcs.

What a way to start the 2006 halo season with two new halos!!:)


Take care,

Michael

[Reinhard Nitze]

Hello Michael!

Where can I find your pictures? (Link?)

Greetings, Reinhard!

[Michael Ellestad]

Reinhard,

There is a new halo report blogger site and my pics on it.


http://haloreports.blogspot.com/


If you can't get there I can email them to you.


All of the best,

Michael

[Reinhard Nitze]

Faszinating Pics!

Congrats...

Greetings, Reinhard!

[Michael Ellestad]

Yep Reinhard that was a treat. Did I tell you I saw elliptical halos too?


Hvae fun skywatching!


Michael