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Halo and mirage demonstrations in atmospheric optics
Michael Vollmer1, Robert Greenler
1Physikalische Ingenieurwissenschaften, University of Applied Sciences Brandenburg, 14770 Brandenburg, Germany. vollmer@fh-brandenburg.de
Applied Optics
|February 7, 2003
Abstract:
Some laboratory demonstrations on atmospheric optics are presented. The focus is on dispersion effects in mirages, lateral mirages, and inferior mirages produced with small hot plates. We also show a demonstration of the upper-tangent-arc halo, produced with a hexagonal prism, rotating about two axes.

