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  1. earthsky.org › earth › what-is-an-airplane-gloryEarthSky | How can you see an airplane glory?

    Jul 6, 2022 · The shadow of the plane is called a brocken spectre, and the ringed light around the shadow is called a glory. Gowrishankar Lakshminarayanan caught this photo on March 12, 2017.

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  3. science.howstuffworks.com › nature › climate-weather'Pilot's Glory': Why a Rainbow Encircles an Airplane Shadow ...

    Mar 7, 2024 · Key Takeaways. A "Pilot's Glory" is an optical phenomenon where a halo appears to encircle an airplane's shadow against clouds, caused by the backscattering of sunlight by tiny water droplets in the atmosphere. The phenomenon requires the viewer to be directly between the source of light and the water droplets, with the size and distribution of ...

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Glory_(optical_phenomenon)Glory (optical phenomenon) - Wikipedia

    Glory around the shadow of a plane. The position of the glory's centre shows that the observer was in front of the wings. A glory is an optical phenomenon, resembling an iconic saint's halo around the shadow of the observer's head, caused by sunlight or (more rarely) moonlight interacting with the tiny water droplets that comprise mist or clouds.

  5. physics.stackexchange.com › questions › 256636What is the explanation of the glory (optical phenomenon)?

    First thing to know is that either the object projecting the shadow or the shadow itself have nothing to do with the formation of the effect. As we shall see below, the fact that the shadow is always at the center of the circle is a result that the light rays are backscattered in the direction of the observer. The glory is not a full circle ...

  6. www.msn.com › en-us › travelWhat Is Pilot's Glory, The Beautiful And Rare Rainbow ... - MSN

    If flying, choose a window seat on the side of the plane opposite the sun — do some research to find out the relative direction of the plane's travel. The full saturation of a Glory is only ...

  7. www.astronomy.com › secret-sky-high-flying-glorySecret Sky: High-flying glory | Astronomy.com

    May 22, 2023 · The glory is an optical effect that appears as a series of concentric colored rings on clouds or mist. In shape and color, it resembles the Sun’s atmospheric corona, and both are caused by the ...

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  9. www.chicagotribune.com › 2017/04/10 › ask-tom-whatAsk Tom: What causes rainbows around planes’ shadows?

    Apr 10, 2017 · The circular rainbow that you saw is called a “glory.”. Glories are visible when sunlight interacts with small cloud droplets that reflect and refract the sun’s rays directly back toward the ...