NEW ORLEANS — The sun halo, a weather phenomenon that happens when light hits icy clouds at a certain angle, shined over New Orleans and southeast Louisiana on Thursday. WWL Meteorologist Alexa ...

Michelle Miklik spotted this in the sky over Weaver, Alabama Wednesday afternoon. Did you see something similar? If you did, you spotted an atmospheric optical phenomenon known as a 22-degree halo.

MOLINE, Ill. — A lot of you noticed quite a sight in our skies earlier this week. A large and beautiful sun halo! This phenomenon is not only beautiful but also a good example of how light from ...

Nature put a ring on it. A ring around the sun, that is. If you looked into the Seattle sky on Wednesday, you may have noticed a large circle around the sun. This is known as a 22 degree sun halo ...

The colorful phenomenon is what's known as a sun halo and it is caused by ice crystals in the clouds, ABC reports. Sunlight refracts through the ice crystals at a 22-degree angle, causing the effect.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Did you see a halo around the sun this afternoon? If you did, you spotted an atmospheric optical phenomenon known as a 22-degree halo. Earthsky.org explains it very simply ...

Sun halo: Rare weather phenomenon spotted in Sweden. The 22 degree halo effect is caused by clouds floating thousands of feet above the ground. Caroline Mortimer. Sunday 03 December 2017 22:48 GMT.

The optical phenomenon, known as “Pollen corona,” occurs when the Sun is partially obscured and light hits a swarm of pollen, resulting in a scattering of wavelengths and diffraction patterns.

NASA's Perseverance rover has spotted a phenomenon scientists had lost hope of ever seeing on Mars. ... scientists hadn't seen any sign of a sun halo. Until Dec. 15, 2021, that is.

An amazed pedestrian filmed these two extremely rare sun halos gracing the big, yellow circle in the sky above city buildings. The footage of the phenomenon, complete with two luminous rings ...

An atmospheric phenomenon known as a sun halo was spotted in the sky over southern Maine on Monday. A picture captured by WMTW photojournalist Kevyn Fowler shows the sun halo could be seen over ...

Sun dogs consist of one or two bright spots which flank the sun on one or both sides along a 22-degree halo. Sun dogs develop similar to other optical phenomena such as rainbows.