Oct 11 · 2013
kenobi-wan-obi: “ Sun Halo With Parhelic Circle by Levin Dieterle “ Halos around the sun or moon happen when high, thin cirrus clouds are drifting high above your head. Tiny ice crystals in Earth’s atmosphere cause the halos. They do this by...

kenobi-wan-obi:

Sun Halo With Parhelic Circle by Levin Dieterle

Halos around the sun or moon happen when high, thin cirrus clouds are drifting high above your head. Tiny ice crystals in Earth’s atmosphere cause the halos. They do this by refracting and reflecting the light. Lunar halos are signs that storms are nearby. [Earthsky]

A parhelic circle is a halo, an optical phenomenon appearing as a horizontal white line on the same altitude as the sun, or occasionally the Moon. If complete, it stretches all around the sky, but more commonly it only appears in sections. [**]

These are also called Sundogs/Moondogs

(Source: kn207)

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