Sumer Solstice pyramidal halos

Believe it or my lock has been holding out as far as halos goes because today I got my third pyramidal crystal halo display. In all 9, 18,20,23,and faint 35d halo, 18d plate arcs, upper and lower 23d plate arcs.

Pyramidal halos 6-14-14

Just like last Saturday this Saturday I got more pyramidal halos. In all I got 18 and 23d halos, 18 and upper 23d plate arc and an upper sun pillar

Pyramidal halos 6-7-2014

Odd radius halos from pyramidal crystals. In all there were 9,18, and 23deg halos, 18 and 23deg plate arcs. Its been months since I have gotten a decent photoworthy halo complex

Algae optics in Wisconsin

On the last day in Wisconsin I was out on a 4-wheeler ride when I saw a puddle back in the woods with a greenish film on it and decided to check it out to see if there was any optics in the algae film and lo and behold I saw a spectacular display of diffraction in the form of a corona around the sun's reflection, Quételet rings and a algae glory around my shadow. I could also see a fogbow like glow around the glory. I took quite a few pic's of this and I have always wanted to see some algae optics after seeing Marko Rikonnen's algae optics images that were taken from rocky islands in the Baltic Sea