Comments on: Izod clouds http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/26/izod-clouds/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:57:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Pretty sky pix | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/26/izod-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-139086 Pretty sky pix | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:08:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/26/izod-clouds/#comment-139086 [...] here ice crystals in the air abound, providing all sorts of lovely refractive and diffractive and interference effects. It’s one of the best shows on Earth… or above it, and it’s free. All you [...] [...] here ice crystals in the air abound, providing all sorts of lovely refractive and diffractive and interference effects. It’s one of the best shows on Earth… or above it, and it’s free. All you [...]

]]> By: Seed's Daily Zeitgeist: 11/27/2007 - General Science http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/26/izod-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-57091 Seed's Daily Zeitgeist: 11/27/2007 - General Science Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:48:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/26/izod-clouds/#comment-57091 [...] APOD: An Iridescent Cloud Over Colorado Nice diffraction. (via Phil) [...] [...] APOD: An Iridescent Cloud Over Colorado Nice diffraction. (via Phil) [...]

]]> By: Steve F http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/26/izod-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-57090 Steve F Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:49:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/26/izod-clouds/#comment-57090 I saw this phenomenon frequently before my polarized sunglasses were broken. I wonder if this is a Colorado thing (the frequency, not the phenomenon.) I saw this phenomenon frequently before my polarized sunglasses were broken. I wonder if this is a Colorado thing (the frequency, not the phenomenon.)

]]> By: k http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/26/izod-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-57088 k Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:00:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/26/izod-clouds/#comment-57088 I saw a rainbow in the dark (Dio fan) last week. Full moon and a rainbow. Our exchange student took a picture but I haven't seen it yet. I saw a rainbow in the dark (Dio fan) last week. Full moon and a rainbow. Our exchange student took a picture but I haven’t seen it yet.

]]> By: Cheez_Mastah http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/26/izod-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-57089 Cheez_Mastah Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:09:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/26/izod-clouds/#comment-57089 Yeah, I saw a moon ring last Friday night. Probably another of the coolest yet eeriest phenomena the moon can make. Yeah, I saw a moon ring last Friday night. Probably another of the coolest yet eeriest phenomena the moon can make.

]]> By: Marc http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/26/izod-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-57084 Marc Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:27:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/26/izod-clouds/#comment-57084 I happened to hit the Mount St. Helen's Volcano cam at just the right instant and got this: http://blog.kickin-the-darkness.com/2007/11/dog-and-plume-mount-st-helens-style.html I happened to hit the Mount St. Helen’s Volcano cam at just the right instant and got this:

http://blog.kickin-the-darkness.com/2007/11/dog-and-plume-mount-st-helens-style.html

]]> By: Freiddie http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/26/izod-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-57087 Freiddie Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:24:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/26/izod-clouds/#comment-57087 I think I should buy some polarizing sunglasses some time in the future. I think I should buy some polarizing sunglasses some time in the future.

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