Atmospheric optical phenomena include:
- Afterglow
- Airglow
- Alexander's band, the dark region between the two bows of a double rainbow.
- Alpenglow
- Anthelion
- Anticrepuscular rays
- Aurora (northern and southern lights, aurora borealis and aurora australis)
- Belt of Venus
- Brocken Spectre
- Circumhorizontal arc
- Circumzenithal arc
- Cloud iridescence
- Crepuscular rays
- Earth's shadow
- Earthquake lights
- Glories
- Green flash
- Halos, of Sun or Moon, including sun dogs
- Haze
- Heiligenschein or halo effect, partly caused by the opposition effect
- Ice blink
- Light pillar
- Lightning
- Mirages (including Fata Morgana)
- Monochrome Rainbow
- Moon dog
- Moonbow
- Nacreous cloud/Polar stratospheric cloud
- Rainbow
- Sprite (lightning)
- Subsun
- Sun dog
- Tangent arc
- Tyndall effect
- Upper-atmospheric lightning, including red sprites, Blue jets, and ELVES
- Water sky
See also
References
- "Belt of Venus over Cerro Paranal". Picture of the Week. ESO. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
Atmospheric optical phenomena include Afterglow Airglow Alexander s band the dark region between the two bows of a double rainbow Alpenglow Anthelion Anticrepuscular rays Aurora northern and southern lights aurora borealis and aurora australis Belt of Venus Brocken Spectre Circumhorizontal arc Circumzenithal arc Cloud iridescence Crepuscular rays Earth s shadow Earthquake lights Glories Green flash Halos of Sun or Moon including sun dogs Haze Heiligenschein or halo effect partly caused by the opposition effect Ice blink Light pillar Lightning Mirages including Fata Morgana Monochrome Rainbow Moon dog Moonbow Nacreous cloud Polar stratospheric cloud Rainbow Sprite lightning Subsun Sun dog Tangent arc Tyndall effect Upper atmospheric lightning including red sprites Blue jets and ELVES Water skyA circumzenithal arc over Grand Forks North DakotaThe Belt of Venus over Paranal Observatory atop Cerro Paranal in the Atacama Desert northern ChileCrepuscular rays at sunrise in Malibu CaliforniaA double rainbow at Minsi Lake PennsylvaniaA sun pillar in Finistere BrittanyAtmospheric optical phenomenonSee alsoReferences Belt of Venus over Cerro Paranal Picture of the Week ESO Retrieved 14 August 2013
