Sunsets/Sunrises/Clouds/Atmospheric Optical Effects
Zodiacal light ("false dawn") in the east,
Anza-Borrego Desert, CA.
- Rising
"double sun" seen from Kumeyaay Indian solstice site, San Diego
- Circumhorizontal
arc (rare ice-crystal effect), Mesa Verde National Park, CO
- Sunset over Pacific Ocean from Cowles Mountain, San Diego, CA
- Sun sets over ocean and into temperature-inversion layer
- Crepuscular rays at sunset from El Cajon, CA
- 22° -ice-crystal halo around sun
- 22° -ice-crystal halo around full moon
- Cumulonimbus building above Palomar Mountain, San Diego County, CA
- Dawn's glow on altostratus clouds, Cuyamaca Lake, San Diego County, CA
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