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Handouts and illustrations:

A flock of sundogs(PDF)

Pages

Strange Irridescent Clouds
Parhelia
Chasing Circumzenuthal arcs

This site on atmospheric optics will change how you look at the sky in daytime: http://www.atoptics.co.uk/

RealClimate.org (A good site to learn about global climate change)

Heavens-Above (for information about satelites)

Sun Pillar

	Light from the set sun appears to be refracted vertically by moisture in the air, forming the pillar photographed 6/14/08

Light from the set sun appears to be refracted vertically by moisture in the air, forming the pillar photographed 6/14/08

Irridescent Cloud

	Irridescent cloud observed at Palm Desert. (1/3200-second shutter speed; 100 ISO) The sun is behind the palm fronds in this picture in the lower right. Below is the type of cloud creating this effect, a lenticular cloud formed by air forced upward by a mountain, in this case, Mt. San Jacinto.

Irridescent cloud observed at Palm Desert. (1/3200-second shutter speed; 100 ISO)

The sun is behind the palm fronds in this picture in the lower right. Below is the type of cloud creating this effect, a lenticular cloud formed by air forced upward by a mountain, in this case, Mt. San Jacinto.

Clouds

Sun and Ocean from San Jacinto

	This photo catches the sun just right to turn the ocean, seen from San Jacinto, into a firey orange. The Temcula Valley must be between some of the ridgelines in this picture.