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Lower Pillar and Subsun

2020-12-13 By Roger Edwards

Lower Pillar and Subsun

On a loopy aerial approach to Indianapolis airport. this excellent example of a lower sun pillar, with embedded “subsun”, became visible in fine ice-crystal clouds.  The optical phenomenon was very bright in mid–late morning of late winter, and I had to expose for it at the expense of the snow-covered subdivisions below.  Full sun pillars extend below the sun as well, when the atmosphere (instead of ground) and embedded ice crystals are there to revel them.  Sometimes the lower pillars contain a concentration of reflected sunlight called a subsun, always directly below the real sun.

over Indianapolis IN (28 Mar 20) Looking SE

 

Filed Under: Aerial, Mostly Okie Winters, Visual Effects Tagged With: aerial, atmospheric optics, clouds, Indiana, landscapes, reflectives, snow, subsun, sun, sun pillar, weather, wintertime

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Welcome to SkyPix, an online photo book of clouds, weather and water by Roger Edwards. As in a printed coffee-table book, every image has its own page with a unique story. After all, meaningful photography is much more than just picture-taking; it is visually rendering a moment in place and time from a perspective like none other. As a scientist and an artist, I hope my deep passion for the power and splendor of our skies and waters shines through in these pages. If you are a cloud and weather aficionado, outdoor enthusiast, outdoor or nature photographer, art lover, or anyone who craves learning, enjoy...

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