I uploaded to a gallery at http://imgur.com/a/FdMR9 Jared On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 12:53 PM, Joan Carman <jcarman6@q.com> wrote:
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Jared Smith" <jared@smithplanet.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 12:08:41 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Strange solar phenomenon
A friend of mine took the attached set of sunset photos from near Mt. Baker, Washington at an elevation of ~5000'. There's a distinct reflection below the sun that seems to split into dual reflections. There is open water in that direction, but Bellingham Bay is about 30 miles and the Pacific 100+ miles. He thought the spots were above the horizon and water.
I can't seem to find anything that would suggest what this phenomenon is. It's not subsun which would be vertically oriented. I thought maybe it was a lower tangent arc (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_and_lower_tangent_arcs) and perhaps a quite rare lower Parry arc (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parry_arc), though these don't seem right because they seem to maintain elevation or even ascend as the sun descends. These arcs would coincide with the 22° halo.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Jared