pilot's halo

gangerh commented on the word pilot's halo

This is a fully round rainbow. The only way to see it is to fly low above a flat cloud cover, an undercast.

'The clouds have to be flat so they make a deck for you to fly above. You roll up in a turn so that the sun is coming through the canopy of your plane and falling on the cloud deck below. That casts a perfectly circular rainbow with the silhouette of your airplane exactly in the center. - Danny Cox, There Are No Limits.'

June 10, 2008

dontcry commented on the word pilot's halo

Yeah, that's exactly how I see them too.

June 10, 2008

yarb commented on the word pilot's halo

Is that what you do when you're not porch-sitting, dc? I imagine you in an antique biplane, furry hat, goggles etc.

June 10, 2008

dontcry commented on the word pilot's halo

Yes, it is! My plane is so old, it's made of wicker!

June 10, 2008

yarb commented on the word pilot's halo

Or maybe an original Montgolfier balloon.

June 10, 2008

oroboros commented on the word pilot's halo

I've seen this many, many times. It was always a special sight, no matter how often seen...like a beautiful sunset.

January 23, 2010

reesetee commented on the word pilot's halo

Must have been amazing. Oroboros, did you ever manage to have a camera up there?

January 23, 2010

oroboros commented on the word pilot's halo

Alas, never got a shot of it. Lots of ho-hum shots of the horizon and some neat clouds but nothing memorable. Usually any worthwhile event was gone before being camera-ready. It was easier and more fun to compose poetry(!).

January 23, 2010

reesetee commented on the word pilot's halo

Ooh! A poetic pilot! :-)

January 23, 2010

oroboros commented on the word pilot's halo

See, also, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glory_(optical_phenomenon)">glory</a>.

July 1, 2015