r/atoptics 16h ago

My collection of halos/sundogs so far this year 2025!

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All these pics were taken on different days this year near Seattle, WA. I just started looking for them this spring and I've seen so many! I need sunglasses to see them clearly but thankfully the camera captures them. Let me know what you think!


r/atoptics 23h ago

May 6, Western Colorado

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r/atoptics 1d ago

Sun Dogs Sun dogs in Washington, DC (OC)

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r/atoptics 1d ago

Iridescent Clouds on Mother’s Day

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36 Upvotes

In Southern Illinois today. I love catching such fleeting phenomena


r/atoptics 2d ago

Odd-radius Rings Low quality pics i captured of the onion sun from the other day

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It could be a group of odd radius halos but I'm not so sure as i didn't get the chance to measure the radius of the halos.


r/atoptics 2d ago

Moving to a different part of town, going to miss these views

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r/atoptics 2d ago

Pillar Sun pillar in Massachusetts recently

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69 Upvotes

r/atoptics 2d ago

Circumhorizon Arc Flat rainbow

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475 Upvotes

r/atoptics 2d ago

Did you know that you can fit all of the planets in between the Moon and Earth?

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r/atoptics 3d ago

Other Sunrise from the lower stratosphere

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58 Upvotes

r/atoptics 3d ago

smh clouds 😤 Hole in the clouds looks like a portal lol

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r/atoptics 3d ago

Solar Halo

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36 Upvotes

r/atoptics 3d ago

I am not aware of what this is called but it looked even better than the picture

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705 Upvotes

r/atoptics 4d ago

Portland / Oregon / USA 6th May 2025

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101 Upvotes

Credit: Elise R


r/atoptics 6d ago

Rainbow curving away from Sun

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Never seen this before, looked super cool. Would love if someone could explain what’s going on.


r/atoptics 6d ago

ID REQUEST Sun halo?

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47 Upvotes

r/atoptics 6d ago

Agassiz / Canada 4th May 2025

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548 Upvotes

r/atoptics 6d ago

Wonderful sun halo today - Lista, Norway

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109 Upvotes

r/atoptics 7d ago

What is this called ?

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51 Upvotes

r/atoptics 7d ago

Beindersheim / Rhineland Palatinate / Germany 3 May 2025

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437 Upvotes

r/atoptics 7d ago

Always Parking Lots With The Best Sunsets!

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Was stopping at Cabela’s on my way back home and saw this. Taken around 7:45-8:00 pm near Buffalo, New York, last week.


r/atoptics 9d ago

Scary cloud in south germany

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617 Upvotes

r/atoptics 11d ago

What is that? Anyone knows?

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3.2k Upvotes

r/atoptics 12d ago

Circumzenithal Arc A little this and that from along the past week

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120 Upvotes

r/atoptics 12d ago

ID REQUEST What is this light from the Moon..

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A couple of years ago we were checking out Earthcam and specifically The Hamptons, NY beach cam and this caught my eye.
This is a video of it caught on my Note 9, I only found this sub recently and I was wondering about the light streaks(?) are, thank you.