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29-03-2021, 08:57 PM
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A strange phenomenon.

It took me a while to work out what was going on in our attic on-suet. I saw this reflection but couldn't work out what it was as there is nothing circular in that tiny room.



Eventually I realised it was the sun itself coming through the skylight window and reflecting off this mirror.



I can only assume it was caused by a combination of refraction and reflection.
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29-03-2021, 09:18 PM
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Hmm. I'm just wondering why the light is in a circular form? It doesn't look like it is a reflection of your mirror. Maybe it's a mystery.
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29-03-2021, 10:34 PM
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Re: A strange phenomenon.

That is strange, Fruitcake, but your finding seems right. I love the mirror.
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30-03-2021, 09:01 AM
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Re: A strange phenomenon.

Originally Posted by annju_13 ->
Hmm. I'm just wondering why the light is in a circular form? It doesn't look like it is a reflection of your mirror. Maybe it's a mystery.
I wonder if it is a sun halo, normally caused by ice crystals in the atmosphere, but in this case caused by the sun passing obliquely through double glazing then being reflected from a mirror.
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30-03-2021, 08:37 PM
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Re: A strange phenomenon.

Originally Posted by Fruitcake ->
I wonder if it is a sun halo, normally caused by ice crystals in the atmosphere, but in this case caused by the sun passing obliquely through double glazing then being reflected from a mirror.


Nah. Definitely alien interventon.
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30-03-2021, 11:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Mups ->
Nah. Definitely alien interventon.

Oh thanks. That's most reassuring.,
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31-03-2021, 01:06 PM
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It's nothing to do with the curved ends of the glass shelf is it?
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31-03-2021, 01:18 PM
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Re: A strange phenomenon.

The Mysterons.
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31-03-2021, 01:52 PM
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What is this ?

Taken Christmas morning friend could not make out how these shapes appeared on her fence


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31-03-2021, 04:41 PM
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What is this ?

Taken Christmas morning friend could not make out how these shapes appeared on her fence
How weird.
 
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