Fog Selfie

StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
edited March 29, 2015 in Other Cool Shots
Well, I am not selfie material so avoid them at all costs but this one was unintentional.
Tried to shoot coast at dawn, and sun came up right behind me.
Somehow the combination of light and fog and sun being right behind me caused my image to be projected way out there. When I first saw something, I thought it was some guy.....naturally my first thought was how he got there so I can get there....would yield better shots.
With naked eye, I saw movement inside the circle......and realized it was me!
Being an engineer, I should know the physics behind the optics, but don't.

Shot is meh.....but I think it qualifies as cool, so worth sharing I thought!
Cheers!

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  • CavalierCavalier Registered Users Posts: 3,071 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2015
    Very cool! I like the Stumblebum image - this one's a keeper! clap.gif And it appears that a rainbow was trying to form to the right of center as well? And...not a bad shot either. thumb.gif
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  • ThelensspotThelensspot Registered Users Posts: 2,041 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2015
    Really nice. You caught the colors perfectly. The "selfie" is just a plus!
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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2015
    Thanks Jo and Wayne as always! Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers!
  • GattoGatto Registered Users Posts: 413 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2015
    Nice and Fun !...

    really simple "physics behind the optics" the fog(water droplets that reflects light) is the screen, the sun is the light source, and you got in between ...just like the guy with popcorn at the movies ...lol
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2015
    Gatto wrote: »
    Nice and Fun !...

    really simple "physics behind the optics" the fog(water droplets that reflects light) is the screen, the sun is the light source, and you got in between ...just like the guy with popcorn at the movies ...lol

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  • Tom FosterTom Foster Registered Users Posts: 291 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2015
    That's a Glory/ Brocken Spectre! You're very lucky to see that!

    Wikipedia page on Glory (optical phenomenon)

    From the Wikipedia page:
    The scientific explanation is still the subject of debates and research. In 1947, the Dutch astronomer Hendrik van de Hulst suggested that surface waves are involved. He speculated that the colored rings of the glory are caused by two-ray interference between "short" and "long" path surface waves—which are generated by light rays entering the droplets at diametrically opposite points (both rays suffer one internal reflection). A new theory by Brazilian physicist Herch Moysés Nussenzveig, however, suggests that the light energy beamed back by a glory originates mostly from classical wave tunneling, which is when light rays that missed a droplet can still transfer energy into it.
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  • lifeinfocuslifeinfocus Registered Users Posts: 1,461 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2015
    Come on, we all know you just did a fancy composite! rolleyes1.gif

    Fascinating shot and explanations.

    Now can it be duplicated?

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  • GattoGatto Registered Users Posts: 413 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2015
    I have seen that before...when you fly between the clouds and the sun, some times you see that , the silhouette of your plane surrounded by the circles , most military and commercial pilot can tell you that.
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2015
    Tom Foster wrote: »
    That's a Glory/ Brocken Spectre! You're very lucky to see that!

    Wikipedia page on Glory (optical phenomenon)

    From the Wikipedia page:

    Thanks Tom!
    I was gonna say.....where did the circle come from....
    Fact that it is still debate among scientists....wow!
    Made my day! Greatly appreciate it!
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2015
    lifeinfocus wrote: »
    Come on, we all know you just did a fancy composite! rolleyes1.gif

    Fascinating shot and explanations.

    Now can it be duplicated?

    Phil

    Thanks as always Phil!bowdown.gif
    The day I figure out composites....then you would see lot more of the weird stuff!:D
  • Tom FosterTom Foster Registered Users Posts: 291 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2015
    I think it would be difficult to replicate, relies on too many things you can't account for. You could get into situations where it is more likely to occur though!
    Being in a plane is one of these as you need to be at an elevated position looking down and there needs to be a decent amount of moisture in the air, being at cloud level obviously helps for both of those! ;)
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  • ThelensspotThelensspot Registered Users Posts: 2,041 Major grins
    edited February 25, 2015
    Gatto wrote: »
    I have seen that before...when you fly between the clouds and the sun, some times you see that , the silhouette of your plane surrounded by the circles , most military and commercial pilot can tell you that.

    I flew as a pilot on general aviation flights (not professionally) and this is what it looks like. Shot from my co-pilot's seat several years ago.



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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited February 25, 2015
    Cool man! Thanks for sharing!!
  • GattoGatto Registered Users Posts: 413 Major grins
    edited February 26, 2015
    I am an ex military pilot in the Italian Air Force, and as I've said I have seen that many times :-) cool piX
  • pyrypyry Registered Users Posts: 1,733 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2015
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    Thanks Tom!
    I was gonna say.....where did the circle come from....
    Fact that it is still debate among scientists....wow!
    Made my day! Greatly appreciate it!

    You've also got a piece of a fog bow with a faint supernumerary on the right there.

    Cool shot, these are rarely this well balanced all round. Well done!

    Consider sharing this to Optics Picture of the Day here: http://www.atoptics.co.uk/opod.htm
    Les Cowley is good at explaining these properly :D
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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited March 8, 2015
    pyry wrote: »
    You've also got a piece of a fog bow with a faint supernumerary on the right there.

    Cool shot, these are rarely this well balanced all round. Well done!

    Consider sharing this to Optics Picture of the Day here: http://www.atoptics.co.uk/opod.htm
    Les Cowley is good at explaining these properly :D

    Thanks!! I have to check the link out!
    Appreciate it very much!
  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2015
    Fun shot and I learned quite a bit from this thread. Glad I stopped in!
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  • SeefutlungSeefutlung Registered Users Posts: 2,781 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2015
    Amazing.
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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2015
    redleash wrote: »
    Fun shot and I learned quite a bit from this thread. Glad I stopped in!
    Seefutlung wrote: »
    Amazing.

    Thanks guys! I too learned a lot thanks to knowledgeable posters! A phenomenon that is not fully understood by scientists.....I thought that was way more cooler than I originally thought! Cheers M8s!
  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited March 28, 2015
    Awesome!!!!! thumb.gif
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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2015
    Dogdots wrote: »
    Awesome!!!!! thumb.gif

    Thank you Mary!! Greatly appreciate it!
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins

    Bump - more to come

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