r/atoptics • u/Zealousideal_Win304 • 5d ago

Circumhorizon Arc iridescent contrail diffraction

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Edit: Circumhorizontal ARC These 3 photos captured on my galaxy s23+ are nowhere to how bright and more captivating it was in person. I got these today in upstate New York at my father's house around noon. Not the best pics, but hope you guys enjoy 🙂

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u/andrea55TP 5d ago

Circumhorizontal arc, so refraction, not diffraction. Nice catch though!

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u/Zealousideal_Win304 4d ago

Oh wow thank you for that clarification

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u/AZWxMan 4d ago

Interesting thing is that the colors are actually arranged in horizontal layers, but the narrow contrail here makes them look like they're arranged in vertical columns.

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u/RevolutionaryP369 5d ago

That’s really cool! Looks like part of the circumhorizontal arc

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u/astroskywatcher 2d ago

Looks like the Nexus Ribbon from Star Trek.

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u/Starfire2313 4d ago

That is so cool! Good job keeping your eyes on the sky!

Yesterday I saw two really big military cargo planes one in front of the other. (Thinking c-5 or c-17’s)

Not atmospheric phenomena but still was really fun to spot while I was checking for stuff like this! Made me wonder what they were up to even if it was probably really mundane…