I enjoy weather photography and studying tornadoes. I ALSO OBSERVE HALOS EXTENSIVELY WHEN EVER I SEE THEM
Mike's atmospheric photography
Welcome to my Atmospheric photography pages. This is part of several major hobbies and this is my favorite because I enjoy capturing the brilliance that occurs in our skies like rainbows, halos sunsets, Northern lights, coronas ect.  You may want to bookmark this page so you can see my photos and to check for updates. I hope you have enjoyed your visit.
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Me with my tornado machine
About the author of this site.
Link to my gallery on spacew.com
This will take you to my gallery on spacew.com and there you will see my most recent atmospheric optics images.
My tornado vortex machine
TORNADO MACHINE
intro to my tornado machine and how it works
my vortex breakdown studies
vortex machine images
Northen Lights. (Aurora Borealis)
Colorful light displays caused by high-energy particles hitting earths atmosphere. Click image to the left to view Aurora Borealis from Nov 7/8.

Image of the Nov 10th aurora are also included in this section.

Aurora of
August 2005 is here.
SUNSETS
sunsets
The brilliant sunsets and sunrises that light up the sky with reds pinks and other hues of color.
brilliant sunsets
Atmospheric halos
click the link below to access halo photo galleries will be added as time permits.
Atmospheric halos
Coronas and other diffraction phenomenan
Corona, iridescence glory and aureole from diffraction of sunlight through cloud, mist and fog droplets.
Diffraction phenonenan
RAINBOWS
RAINBOWS
The primary, secondary, and interference rainbows and other colored arcs and bows formed when light refracts and reflects inside large and small water droplets.
Rainbows photo galleries
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visitors since Jan 10 2001
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Last updated:Nov-12-05
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