Sunday evening ended with a visual treat in the sky, and Monday morning continued the atmospheric spectacle! Cirrostratus clouds drifting over Metro Atlanta produced my favorite atmospheric optical ...

JWST observations of Saturn's atmosphere revealed unprecedented details of its aurora and upper atmosphere, including previously unseen, complex structures. In the ionosphere (1100 km altitude), dark, ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - When it’s extremely cold and sunny, atmospheric optics can appear, including sun and moon dogs, halos, and light pillars. To create atmospheric optics we need two things: ice ...

SEATTLE -- If you were up early Wednesday morning, you might have been treated to a rather brilliant show in the skies near the sun. Photos from around the region showed a rather bright halo around ...