Stefano De Rosa

This page contains images of optical effects such as Moon and  Sun mirages, rainbows, coronas, halos, etc. Click on the pictures to enlarge them.

You can find other images on my Flickr page. 

The Basilica of Superga, Monviso peak and alpenglow (Castagneto Po, 9 December 2012)

Sunpot AR1520 on the rising omega Sun (Lido di Dante, 14 July 2012)

Sun Halo and CZA over the “Sleeping Beauty Castle” (1st November 2011)

Crepuscular rays (Isola d’ Elba – August 2011)

Full Moon and anticrepuscular rays (Isola d’ Elba – August 2011)

Full Moon and the “Belt of Venus” (Isola d’ Elba – August 2011)

Sun Pillar and the Basilica

Dramatic rays and shadows

Gibbous Moon with corona

Iridescence clouds – Captured over the National Library of Turin

Contrail shadow – Imaged after sunrise from a site close to the Fascia observatory

Circumzenithal Arc – In the skies of Turin, one hour before sunset

Sundog and contrails over the Alps – Also visible the silohuette of the Sacra di San Michele

Crescent Moon and Venus with glitter paths - Over the Viverone lake

Crepuscular rays over the Viverone lake

Green flash – At sunrise over Isola d’ Elba

Circumzenithal arc – From Isola d’ Elba

Iridescence clouds – Turin

Pumpkin Moon - Rising over Villefrance

Iridescence clouds – Turin

Sun halos – Over Turin

Iridescence clouds

Luna corona - Captured togther with the Mars-Beehive cluster conjunction

Rainbow over Villefranche

Cloud shadow over Turin

 Belt of Venus - …and yellow Moon rising over the Alps

Lunar Iridescence

Contrail shadow over the Alps

Sundog over Oradea – Contributed by Marco Busi

Moon Halo – …over my house in Turin

Lunar corona (as seen on Optics Picture of the Day – OPOD) – Imaged over Villefranche (France)

Crepuscular rays over Isola d’ Elba

Cloud shadows and other optics – Pictured over Villefranche after sunsrise

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