© Claudia Hinz

Mt. Zugspitze, Wetterstein Mountains, Germany

Latitude: 47° 25' 16'' N

Longitude: 10° 59' 11'' E

07 October 2013 1709 (Local Time)
Camera direction: towards WSW

Image P/S code: S.13.2.1

Image I.D.: 5847

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  Solar corona

  The coloured rings in this picture form a corona. Coronae are caused by the diffraction of sunlight through thin cloud that is composed of very small water or ice particles.

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  © Claudia Hinz
  Mt. Zugspitze, Wetterstein Mountains, Germany
  Latitude: 47° 25' 16'' N
  Longitude: 10° 59' 11'' E
  07 October 2013 1709 (Local Time)
  
  
  Camera direction: towards WSW
  Image P/S code: S.13.2.1
  Image I.D.: 5847
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  Solar corona and crepuscular rays

  The coloured rings seen around the Sun in this picture form a corona. The corona is caused by the diffraction of sunlight through thin cloud composed of very small water or ice particles. Much of the cloud here is very thin and almost invisible when viewed against the glare of the sun, but some patches of Cumulus fractus are clearly visible. Shadows from the masts on the summit of Mt. Zugspitze, Wetterstein Mountains, Germany (2 963 m) are rendered visible against the thin cloud as crepuscular rays.

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  © Claudia Hinz
  Mt. Zugspitze, Wetterstein Mountains, Germany
  Latitude: 47° 25' 16'' N
  Longitude: 10° 59' 18'' E
  08 May 2013 1313 (Local Time)
  
  
  Camera direction: towards S
  Image P/S code: P.13.2.1
  Image I.D.: 4176