If you did, you spotted an atmospheric optical phenomenon known as a 22-degree halo. Earthsky.org explains it very simply: “Halos are a sign of high thin cirrus clouds drifting 20,000 feet or more ...

A halo around the sun or moon is an optical phenomenon created by refracted sunlight or moonlight through tiny ice crystals that make up high-altitude clouds. The light is refracted in 22-degree ...

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

A STRANGE optical phenomenon was spotted in the skies near Hengistbury Head. Nik Spicer captured a picture of a circle of light that had formed around the sun. The spectacular sight, which was visible ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "fish eye" style image, with bright ringed sun to the right and a ring of Martian terrain NASA's Perseverance rover has spotted a ...

Have you ever looked up and spotted a ring around the sun? This optical phenomenon is called a 22-degree halo. That's because the radius of the halo is approximately 22 degrees. So how are they formed ...

SEATTLE -- It was a sun halo party over Seattle Wednesday morning and every kind of atmospheric event was invited. Dr. Angela Rowe with the University of Washington Atmospheric Sciences Department ...

BOSTON (CBS) - Have you ever looked up in the sky and seen a circle of light around the sun or moon? There's an old weather saying that states "Ring around the sun or moon means rain or snow soon." ...

MADISON (WKOW) – If you looked up Sunday around midday, you would have seen a large ring around the sun, called a halo. This optical phenomenon occurs when sunlight passes through thin clouds in the ...

This article is part of the SciFri Science Club’s Explain the Sun activity. Participate using the hashtag #ExplainTheSun. What you’re seeing above are just two of the nearly four-dozen different kinds ...