Blue Eye In The Sky is a photograph by Douglas Taylor which was uploaded on March 29th, 2023.
Blue Eye In The Sky
A solar halo graces the noonday March skies over the Sonoran Desert near Tucson, Arizona. This optical, atmospheric phenomenon is caused the... more
Title
Blue Eye In The Sky
Artist
Douglas Taylor
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Digital Photography
Description
A solar halo graces the noonday March skies over the Sonoran Desert near Tucson, Arizona. This optical, atmospheric phenomenon is caused the refraction, reflection, and dispersion of light through ice particles suspended within thin, wispy, high altitude cirrus or cirrostratus clouds. As light passes through these hexagon-shaped ice crystals, it is bent at a 22° angle, creating a circular halo around the Sun.
The ice crystals that cause the 22° halo are oriented semi-randomly in the atmosphere, in contrast to the horizontal orientation required for some other halos such as sun dogs and light pillars. As a result of the optical properties of the ice crystals involved, no light is reflected towards the inside of the ring, leaving the sky noticeably darker than the sky around it, and giving it the impression of a "hole in the sky". A similar dark region occurs with double rainbows which have a very dark region between the two rainbows know as "Alexanders's Dark Band".
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March 29th, 2023
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Comments (12)
Gigi Thomas
Kuddos!Your awesome creation has been FEATURED on the ABSTRACT FEATURES DAILY GROUP Home Page!
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you very much, Gigi! I greatly appreciate your recognition and support for my art with this feature.
Barbie Corbett-Newmin
Congratulations; your lovely image is featured on the Best For Blankets and Textile Products Photography & Art page! Please make it available for future buyers to consider by posting your feature in the Featured Images Archive 2023 discussion thread. Please also post in any appropriate discussion threads such as sales of your group images etc.
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you, Barbie! I am honored to be featured in this wonderful art group, and to be selected among the many superb artists who participate here.
Laurel Adams
Douglas, CONGRATULATIONS! Your work has been featured in the Home Page of The ARTIST BUZzz Group! You are cordially invited to POST image embed links for this distinction to the 🌟GAs -Features Archive -2023 thread in the discussion tab. Thank you for your glimpse of beauty!..Fav
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you very much, Laurel! I am honored by this feature and appreciate your wonderful support.
Randy Rosenberger
Your art works are very indicative of a professional, and it is a true honor to "showcase" your art pieces for this week in this new venue we are providing for our members. Thanks for your awesome submissions, and it is an honor to have you as a member of our family of friends and fine artists within the WFS group. Special thanks and congratulations from your administrator, Randy "Elvis" Rosenberger
Douglas Taylor replied:
Randy! Thank you for the honor of this feature, and for your continuing and awesome support for my art!
Nina Kulishova
That's fantastic!!! Great shoot Douglas! I love all your pictures from Tucson, Arizona! Seems it's wonderful place!!!
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you so very much for the kind compliments, Nina! Your words make my heart sing!
Alex Lapidus
Congratulations, your image has been featured in the Experimental Photography group -- thanks for sharing it with us! Please feel free to add it to the Jan – March 2023 Feature Archive in the Discussion section (using the "embed" link on your image page).
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you , Alex! I am honored to be featured in this superb photography art group.
VIVA Anderson
To add, in my euphoria........your Description !! It is so informative, complex, interesting !! Kudos that you really know so much, and 'what to look for' , and then, to be there!! Congratulations, to you::::"The Complete Photographer" !
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thanks again, VIVA! I really do try to make my descriptions as informative as possible.
VIVA Anderson
Douglas! I’m mesmerized! I can’t believe this glory to Nature, this magnificent moment so perfect, in light, form, blessing!!! Like the eye of god, with a stunning, piercing brilliance, and you were there! As always, in your place of worship: the desert! Highest congratulations, because this is so unique, so perfect, A glory to your choices for ‘being there’, in THAT light fantastic,. Kudos, WOW, for this .. ‘ray of hope’ !!!!!. for the whole world, that needs to give glory, no matter the circumstances! Imagine this, as a huge Wall Art, beaming, wherever it is placed, and, will Make A Difference, !!, to all who experience this moment. FABULOUS !!!
Douglas Taylor replied:
VIVA! Thank you so very much for your wonderful words of compliment to my photograph!
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