The “Light and Color in Nature” Conference Series returns to Europe for its 12th edition from 31 May - 3 June 2016 in Granada, Spain. The 2016 meeting will contribute to the increasing international interest in a broad array of areas, by bringing a diverse group of participants together in a thoroughly enriching city.

The topics to be addressed at the meeting include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Rainbows

• Halos

• Glories

• Coronas

• Iridescence

• Sky color and polarization

• Atmospheric visibility

• Refraction effects

• Crepuscular rays

• Contrast phenomena

• Clouds

• Optics of lightning

• Sun and moon

• Stars

• Auroras

• The green flash

• Mirages

• Shadows

• Optics of dust, soil and rocks

• Colors created by absorption and scattering in water and air

• Color and light on and in water

• Iridescence and colors in biology and geology

• Atmospheric optics in history and archaeology

• De-weathering

• Seeing the appearance of nature

• Computational techniques for calculating and rendering optical effects in the atmosphere and landscape

• Sensors and imaging techniques for nature phenomena

• Lab experiments

Following the format of previous “Light and Color in Nature” meetings, the Conference will have a single call for papers and a coordinated scientific review process. All papers will be double-blind peer-reviewed by at minimum of 2 referees from the International Scientific Committee. All submissions will be reviewed for originality, significance, clarity, impact, and soundness.

After every “Light and Color in Nature” International Conference to date, a special issue in a peer-reviewed optics journal from the Optical Society of America (JOSA A at the beginning and Applied Optics since 1991) has been dedicated to many of the papers presented at these conferences.

Conference dates: 31 May - 3 June

Abstract submissions deadline: 29th February 2016

Location: Higher Technical School of Civil Engineering at the University of Granada

• Official International Conference on "Light and Color in Nature" website