Here’s another 22 degree solar halo upper arc showing some nice colors – reddish inside, bluish outside. I took this late morning 30 August 2012, just as high, thin clouds were pushing up from the south ahead of Hurricane Isaac. It was raining by late afternoon. I had seen a similar 22 degree lunar halo arc the night before complete with moondogs. Again, the upper lunar arc was bright enough to show subtle reddish and bluish colors. Unfortunately, my attempts at pictures did not turn out.
Earlier this evening, just before sunset, there were some beautiful, high cirrus clouds in the west.
Turning to the eastern horizon, I was greeted by August’s “Blue Moon” (the second full moon in the month) rising. But, it sure looked orange to me!
Wait, is that the sign of Zorro? No, just some foreground clouds.
