The links below are to the original 24-bit
digital images reproduced as Figs. 14-17 in
Raymond L. Lee, Jr., "Mie theory, Airy theory, and the natural rainbow,"
Applied
Optics, v. 37 # 9 (20 March 1998), pp. 1506-1519.
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Airy PRIMARY bows (Fig. 14)
Mie PRIMARY bows (Fig. 15)
Airy secondary bows (Fig. 16)
Mie secondary bows (Fig. 17)
The RGB-chromaticity mapping in these 24-bit images is for Sony Trinitron
phosphors, with each color channel having a gray-level gamma of 1.8. (This
mapping was specifically developed for an Apple 13" High Resolution RGB
monitor.) If your monitor/video driver combination differs substantially
from this, the map colors and luminances that you see may be perceptibly
different from those that I modeled.
The following links are to the original gray-scale images of Figures
2-4 in
Raymond L. Lee, Jr., "Digital imaging of clear-sky polarization,"
Applied
Optics, v. 37 # 9 (20 March 1998), pp. 1465-1476.
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Figure 2,
Figure 3,
Figure 4
Contact me for more technical information, including the rainbow maps'
underlying luminance and 1931 CIE x, y data. You can reach me at
or by post at:
Research Prof. Raymond L. Lee, Jr.
Mathematics and Science Division
572C Holloway Road
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis, MD 21402
USA
telephone: 1-410-293-6752
The research for, writing of, and editing of these papers was generously
supported by U. S. National Science Foundation grant numbers ATM-9820729,
ATM-9414290, ATM-8917596, and ATM-8607577.
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