Visibility IV / V
Years of dreaming about a halo observation trip came true last Saturday at short notice. The forecast showed excellent weather for Himos and at the same time the full moon was beautiful in the sky. So let's go.
Jari Luomanen and I booked a cottage as a base for the halo trip. The evening started around half past seven when we set out to explore the area.
The first blow resulted in a return trip to the cabin when someone forgot Blokker at the cabin. (Me) Around eight in the evening it started to happen. Ice fog formed in an area of a few kilometers and we found a good dark field where we filmed for a long time. The lamp was brought to a negative angle and the pictures showed tile crystal halos. We filmed for a good while and went to investigate if the ice fog continues further.
We made several transitions during the evening, but we always returned to the same field to film. At around midnight, fatigue started to set in and we took the last set of pictures so that the lamp was on top of the hill and we were shooting under the hill. 22r and Moilanen's arch could be seen with the naked eye. We wondered together that it was as if there was a ring near Moilanen's ring and as if there was a clearing below Moilanen's arch. We took a series of images of about nine minutes, the stack of which easily revealed a 9º tire. Also, the brightening we observed below Moilanen was visible 9º higher than the parhelian.
It was nice after a long time to photograph halos in the happy company of cyclists :D
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Sen verta kiireellä rysäytettiin kamat autosta toiseen, että ei ihme jos blokkeri putosi matkasta. Niin ja samalla reissulla otettiin mukaan myös mun unohtamat hanskat. Ilman niitä olis pärjätty, mutta ilman Mikkilän blokkeria ei, kun mun varablokkeri oli kuulemma liian pieni. :D No mutta se mikä unohduksissa hävittiin se innossa voitettiin. Onneksi kama ei siinä vaiheessa vielä ollut kovinkaan hyvää ja tosi suppealla alueella. :D