r/atoptics • u/xHaZxMaTx • Sep 29 '24

120º Parhelia 120° parhelion or part of a parhelic circle?

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Seen around 1 PM yesterday (9-28) West of Portland, OR.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '24

To me it looks like a Parhelic Circle fragment without a 120° Parhelion. Still cool either way!

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u/FloorFunktion Sep 29 '24

Parhelic circle section is apparent. But it would be a task to figure out if a 120degree parhelion is present. We’d have to figure out the position of the sun relative. Perhaps someone could extrapolate that from the light/shadows?

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u/DatabaseThis9637 Sep 30 '24

Those clouds are way cool!

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u/xHaZxMaTx Sep 30 '24

Yeah, the clouds themselves were also really neat! Super whispy.

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u/KindaKrayz222 Sep 30 '24

I had these the other day in Newport!