Timeline for If different light frequencies travel at different speeds in air, why doesn't the sun have a rainbow halo?
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| Jun 14, 2021 at 17:47 | comment | added | JEB | @BlueRaja-DannyPflughoeft I looked hundreds of times (I lived near the Pacific Ocean) before I finally saw it, while not looking for it, on a visit to UCSB. | |
| Jun 13, 2021 at 20:12 | comment | added | BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft | Why isn't this visible all the time? Does the phenomenon require an extreme angle with the atmosphere? Or does the relative brightness of the sun just make the halo hard to see? Or something else..? | |
| Jun 13, 2021 at 16:40 | comment | added | garyp | Nice pictures. I've heard of the phenomena, but I've never seen pictures. To address the OP, though, could you explain how these are caused by refraction in air? | |
| Jun 13, 2021 at 14:40 | history | answered | JEB | CC BY-SA 4.0 |