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L/CPL. V. S. TAYLOR, 6 Field Park Coy., R.E., C.M.F., writes: "The discussion on optical phenomena in the atmosphere in Nature of December 9, 1944, brings to mind an occurrence frequently witnessed at Anzio while it was a beachhead. During, and immediately after, intense A.A. fire under conditions of virtually clear sky, with the sun behind the observer, concentrically disposed wave ripple arcs could be seen passing away from the barrage zone, in the portion of the sky about 45° forward of the observer. The acute compression of the atmosphere peripheral to the bursting shells caused the compression zones to be sufficiently altered in refractive index to produce an optically visible phenomenon when refracting undiffused sunlight." This phenomena would seem to be similar to the concentric waves observed by Dr. A. H. Goldie following a bomb burst (Nature, 154, 738; 1944).
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Optical Phenomena in the Atmosphere. Nature 155, 388 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155388a0
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