20 August 1991, Volume 30, Issue 24, pp. 3361-3544  
24 articles

NASA Patter

Appl. Opt. 30(24), 3368-3380 (1991)  View: HTML | PDF

Light and color in the open air: introduction by the feature editor

Appl. Opt. 30(24), 3381-3381 (1991)  View: HTML | PDF

Polarimetry of a 22° halo

Appl. Opt. 30(24), 3382-3400 (1991)  View: HTML | PDF

What are “all the colors of the rainbow”?

Appl. Opt. 30(24), 3401-3407 (1991)  View: HTML | PDF

Mie theory model of the corona

Appl. Opt. 30(24), 3408-3414 (1991)  View: HTML | PDF

Rainbows and fogbows

Appl. Opt. 30(24), 3415-3420 (1991)  View: HTML | PDF

Unfolded optical glory of spheroids: backscattering of laser light from freely rising spheroidal air bubbles in water

Appl. Opt. 30(24), 3429-3442 (1991)  View: HTML | PDF

Opening rate of the transverse cusp diffraction catastrophe in light scattered by oblate spheroidal drops

Appl. Opt. 30(24), 3443-3451 (1991)  View: HTML | PDF

Forward glory scattering from bubbles

Appl. Opt. 30(24), 3452-3458 (1991)  View: HTML | PDF

Rainbow-enhanced forward and backward glory scattering

Appl. Opt. 30(24), 3459-3467 (1991)  View: HTML | PDF

Scattering of white light from levitated oblate water drops near rainbows and other diffraction catastrophes

Appl. Opt. 30(24), 3468-3473 (1991)  View: HTML | PDF

On the gamut of colors seen through birefringent airplane windows

Appl. Opt. 30(24), 3474-3478 (1991)  View: HTML | PDF

Colors observed when sunlight is scattered by bubble clouds in seawater

Appl. Opt. 30(24), 3479-3484 (1991)  View: HTML | PDF

Investigation into the scattering of light by human hair

Appl. Opt. 30(24), 3485-3491 (1991)  View: HTML | PDF

Light and color on the wing: structural colors in butterflies and moths

Appl. Opt. 30(24), 3492-3500 (1991)  View: HTML | PDF

Can normal outdoor activities be carried out during civil twilight?

Appl. Opt. 30(24), 3501-3503 (1991)  View: HTML | PDF

Toying with the moon illusion

Appl. Opt. 30(24), 3504-3507 (1991)  View: HTML | PDF

Step brightness changes of distant mountain ridges and their perception

Appl. Opt. 30(24), 3508-3513 (1991)  View: HTML | PDF

Atmospheric optics in art

Appl. Opt. 30(24), 3514-3522 (1991)  View: HTML | PDF

Rainbows in the Indian rock art of desert western America

Appl. Opt. 30(24), 3523-3537 (1991)  View: HTML | PDF

Ulloa’s observations of the glory, fogbow, and an unidentified phenomenon

Appl. Opt. 30(24), 3538-3541 (1991)  View: HTML | PDF

Finnish Halo Observing Network: search for rare halo phenomena

Appl. Opt. 30(24), 3542-3544 (1991)  View: HTML | PDF

Color Plates

Appl. Opt. 30(24), 3545-3552 (1991)  View: HTML | PDF