See my ,"Me on Cloud" shot which I took from my ultralight while flying over a cloud. If you look close you can see quite a bit of detail of the aircraft and myself in the middle of the glory. The link is below: http://picasaweb.google.com/JimmyRay.AstroPix/Astro_Pix# Thank you, Jimmy Ray -----Original Message----- From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Orman Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 6:03 PM To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: NGC6357 - last night Two more good reference books on glories and other atmospheric phenomena are "Color and Light in Nature" by David K. Lynch and William Livingston, and "Light and Color in the Outdoors" by Marcel Minnaert. I highly recommend both. --Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne (aka Mr. Galaxy)" To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 9:17 AM Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: NGC6357 - last night I don't know whether anyone has replied to your "unexplained phenomenon" video image, but the bright spot in your image is what's called a Glory. There is a good book called "Rainbows, Haloes, and Glories" which talks about the effect. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.