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March 2, 2015
Icesheet #4727
Photograph by Murray Fredericks, National Geographic
A constellation of orbs, rings, and halos hangs above the Greenland ice sheet in this picture by Murray Fredericks, who spent months photographing the islands remote beauty. The optical phenomena seen here occur when ice crystalssuspended by powerful winds called piteraqsrefract sunlight.
ICESHEET #4727, 22° AND 46° HALO, TANGENT ARC, PARRY ARC, CIRCUMZENITHAL ARC, AND PARHELIC CIRCLE
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Photo of the Day (Original Post)
Crewleader
Mar 2015
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CaliforniaPeggy
(149,752 posts)1. Wow, my dear Crewleader!
This is an amazing shot! I think the photographer must have labored mightily to get the right conditions for this.
Thank you for finding it and bringing it to us!
Crewleader
(17,005 posts)2. He definitely worked for it! Amazing shot indeed!
Goodnight My Sweet Friend!
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)3. Looks like a giant palantir hanging in the sky
MissMarple
(9,656 posts)4. Awesome
This takes me back to my high school sci fi reading days. Anything is possible, we can touch the stars. And we can.
burrowowl
(17,653 posts)5. WOW!
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)6. Cool!
I really like it!
brer cat
(24,630 posts)7. That is an amazing photo.
Thanks for sharing. K&R
That is spectacular. It's very surreal and Sci-fi like.