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	Photometeors

chestnut501

9-23-2009 8:58 AM

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chestnut501 says:

One common example and three not-so-common photometeors that you can start looking for.

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9-23-2009 9:19 AM

janclip1300

WOooooooooo..... (*childlike excitement and wonder, clapping hands with stretched fingers, leaking from mouth, big anime eyes, et cetera et cetera)

9-23-2009 11:51 AM

wiganfootie

Amazing

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font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/8-examples-of-photometeors-w-pics"><P>The Halo includes meteorological phenomena consisting of colored or white arcs, generally surrounding the Sun or the Moon, formed by light refraction in the crystals in the cirrus clouds.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/8-examples-of-photometeors-w-pics"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/0F7CB4CD-04D0-4445-8BB0-0540004799C5" alt="halo4" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; 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