Solar Halo

Halo around the sun as seen from Arizona

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[firetwister]

what is it?

how does it happen?

[astroguyz]

Short answer...ice crystals in the high thin cirrus (usually in front of a low front) are all oriented in the same direction, refracting sunlight much like a rainbow. (think prism).

[JessePazzi]

this just happend today.

[nicholasb12]

It is not chemtrails. Chemtrails are crap made up by people who don't have a single clue about cloud physics. All it is is a circumscribed halo made by ice crystals.

[radialfeilds]

looks like chemtrails to me.

[astroguyz]

@butterfly3873 This has all the hallmarks of a simple solar halo. Solar halo's, glories, and sundogs are fairly frequent proceeding weather fronts...look at the sky long enough, and you'll realize that they're fairly common.

[kapitanatga]

theres one in the philippines ^_^

[ayinopaw]

just a prismic effect through the local atmosphere.. its not actually the sun and the outer space..

[greeenpro2009]

nice capture..thanks for posting

[lejink]

beautiful, cant remember ever seeing one before

[valeriamussio239]

in costarica today i see an halo solar en costarica hoy susedio el halo solar

[firetwister]

thanks