Rainbows Halos and Glories

About this book

Over two hundred illustrations many in full color capture for both the layman and scientist the beautiful otical effects that we see in the sky. The author describes and explains these effects in non-technical language. In addition to discussing such well-known phenomena as rainbows and halos he treats the rarer ones including sun pillars sun dogs glories mirages and many others. Computer simulations are used to make the physical origins of these events intelligible. The book sensitizes readers to a wide range of optical penomena in the sky explains how to look for them and imparts an incerased awareness and aesthetic apprecaiation of these fascinating effects. This book is a reprinted edition of the hard cover book originally published by Cambridge University Press in 1980.