Sun Pillar

[jsmason]

Here is a photo of a sun pillar taken May 10th on Long Beach Island just before sunrise. Any comments are appreciated.

http://jsmason.smugmug.com/photos/21854338-L.jpg

Stan

[Andy]

it's a sun-pillar bif! well done, i have just been reading about this phenomenon after some other shots i saw of it :D

loads of info here (http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/opt/ice/sp.rxml)

and a really cool sun pillar shot by dgrin's fred maurer here (http://fredmaurer.smugmug.com/photos/21770760-L.jpg)

:wave nice to meet you and thanks for posting

[Dee]

Here is a photo of a sun pillar taken May 10th on Long Beach Island just before sunrise. Any comments are appreciated.

http://jsmason.smugmug.com/photos/21854338-Th.jpg

Stan

I wound up on a website with all these names for different sun stuff, totally amazing. I'm not sure I've seen a sun pillar before though! I've seen a sun dog, a moon dog, those little rainbow patches out from the sun (short attention span, I can't remember the proper name right now).

But I have seen, but not photographed a green flash!

[jsmason]

it's a sun-pillar bif! well done, i have just been reading about this phenomenon after some other shots i saw of it :D

loads of info here (http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/opt/ice/sp.rxml)

and a really cool sun pillar shot by dgrin's fred maurer here (http://fredmaurer.smugmug.com/photos/21770760-L.jpg)

:wave nice to meet you and thanks for postingThanks for the additional links.

Stan

[jsmason]

I wound up on a website with all these names for different sun stuff, totally amazing. I'm not sure I've seen a sun pillar before though! I've seen a sun dog, a moon dog, those little rainbow patches out from the sun (short attention span, I can't remember the proper name right now).

But I have seen, but not photographed a green flash!My wife and I spent a long weekend on LBI and I took this my last day on the island. I had decided not to try to get sunrise photos that morning but still was up before the sun. When I saw this from the hotel window I was amazed. I grabbed my camera and headed for the balcony. I have seen sun dogs before, but have only read about green flashes.

Stan

[Harryb]

:clap :clap :clap :clap :clap Marvlous pic Stan. :thumb The bird in flight is the cherry on top. Thanks for sharing.

[jsmason]

:clap :clap :clap :clap :clap Marvlous pic Stan. :thumb The bird in flight is the cherry on top. Thanks for sharing.Thanks for the comment! I took many pictures that morning trying to capture a bird sized correctly and at the right place.

Stan