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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