List of atmospheric optical phenomena



Atmospheric optical phenomena include:
 * Afterglow
 * Airglow
 * Alexander's band, the dark region between the two bows of a double rainbow.
 * Alpenglow
 * Anthelion
 * Anticrepuscular rays
 * Aurora (northern and southern lights, aurora borealis and aurora australis)
 * Belt of Venus
 * Brocken Spectre
 * Circumhorizontal arc
 * Circumzenithal arc
 * Cloud iridescence
 * Crepuscular rays
 * Earth's shadow
 * Earthquake lights
 * Glories
 * Green flash
 * Halos, of Sun or Moon, including sun dogs
 * Haze
 * Heiligenschein or halo effect, partly caused by the opposition effect
 * Ice blink
 * Light pillar
 * Lightning
 * Mirages (including Fata Morgana)
 * Monochrome Rainbow
 * Moon dog
 * Moonbow
 * Nacreous cloud/Polar stratospheric cloud
 * Rainbow
 * Sprite (lightning)
 * Subsun
 * Sun dog
 * Tangent arc
 * Tyndall effect
 * Upper-atmospheric lightning, including red sprites, Blue jets, and ELVES
 * Water sky