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Contents
Part I: Air, Light, Color, and Vision:
Fundamentals of the science and history of light and atmospheric optics
Chapter 1 - First Light
Introduction to light and color in the atmosphere
Chapter 2 - Mysterious Light
The early history of our knowledge about light
Chapter 3 - Strange Light
The development of our modern understanding of the nature of light
Chapter 4 - Sunlight and Color
Introduction to electromagnetism and solar radiation
Chapter 5 - Vision and Perception
Physiology, psychology, sociology, and philosophy of light and color
Chapter 6 - Optics and the Sky
Optical history, mechanisms, and preview of atmospheric effects
Part II: Sights of Air, Water, and Ice:
A brief study of light and color effects in the atmosphere,
including their history, science, and cultural significance
Chapter 7 - Colorful Sky
Blue skies, red sunsets, and white clouds
Chapter 8 - Rainy Bows
Rainbows, and more rainbows
Chapter 9 - Cloudy Crowns
Coronas, glories, and cloud iridescence
Chapter 10 - Icy Rays
Halos, circles, arcs, spots, and pillars
Chapter 11 - Wavy Curtains
Aurora: the northern and southern lights and related phenomena
Chapter 12 - Spidery Flashes
Lightning and its associated phenomena
Part III: Other Earthy and Otherworldly Visions:
Additional highlights of optical phenomena that can be seen in the sky
Chapter 12 - Colorful Weather
Black clouds, green skies, red tornadoes
Chapter 13 -As Seen in Shores, Mountains, and Clouds
Flashes, mirages, shadows, rays, bows
Chapter 14 -Lights in the High Atmosphere and Space
Noctilucent clouds, shooting stars, scintillation
