Event Date: Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Workshops
The atmosphere is a magical place where light, moisture, clouds and aerosols come to play – a classroom in which physics and art are on display. Auroras, haloes, rainbows, sundogs and glories are familiar to us all, but do you really know what you are seeing? How about the green flash or the belt of Venus? What are sun pillars and how do they form? Why are shadows on a dewy grass lawn surrounded by a bright halo? Why is a rainbow brighter inside the arc and darker outside and what makes double rainbows? When is the best time to see aurorae? Come and find out.