Elliptical halo and odd radius halo 4-2-09

[Michael Ellestad]

Hello,

After getting off work I noticed ice crystal clouds coming and going due to a cold front. I looked through my windshield and saw an elliptical halo and pulled into a parking lot. I got photographs when it reappeared. Later on while driving down a state route I saw a lot of cumuliform low level clouds being blown north by a strong cold front and in the wake was a huge hazy field of cirrostratus. I used my sunglasses as a reflector and noticed a bright arc tangent to a halo. I pulled over and witnessed a half-way decent odd radius halo display. In all I got 9, 18, 20, 23, 35 and bright 23 degree plate arc.

Photos are on spacew.com

http://www.spacew.com/gallery/image005989.html
http://www.spacew.com/gallery/image005991.html


Enjoy!!

Regards,

Michael