Sun Halo (I)

Finland

22° HALO, SUN PILLAR, PARHELION (SUN DOG), UPPER TANGENT ARC, SUPRALATERAL ARC, INFRALATERAL ARC, SUNCAVE PARRY ARC, MOILANEN ARC AND HELIC ARC Taken by Pekka Lähteenmäki on December 29, 2015 @ Jalasjärvi,Finland

Source:http://esplaobs.blogspot.com/2016/01/22-halo-sun-pillar-parhelion-sun-dog.html

Source:http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/atmos/halo22.html

Red River, N.M.

Source:http://nownews.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.php?id=20150112601017

Canada.

Halos around the sun or moon aren’t uncommon, but this is a really special one. Thanks to Martin Male, who captured it from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada.

Source:https://earthsky.org/todays-image/sun-halo-sundogs-sky-optics-canada

Sweden

The incredible footage of a rare 'sun halo' captured the world's attention earlier this month.

Now, NASA has revealed the science behind the amazing phenomenon.

The breathtaking clip was captured by Ludvig Lundin, a skier at the Vemdalen resort in central Sweden, and when he shared the footage to Facebook, over five million visitors to the site viewed the eye-catching distortion.

Source:https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5227053/NASA-reveals-sun-angel-appeared-Sweden.html

Heavenly halo lights up the Arctic

Atmospheric optics turn sunlight into a celestial display as seen from Summit Station in Greenland on Oct. 14. Ed Stockard, one of the workers at the federally funded research station, says……….

Source:http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/19/14543060-heavenly-halo-lights-up-the-arctic?chromedomain=cosmiclog&lite

Big brother is watching you! Amazing sun halo creates an eye in the sky

And suddenly an giant eye formed in the sky of Finland.

And the incredible sun halo is like starring at us! Awesome!

Source:http://strangesounds.org/2015/04/big-brother-is-watching-you-amazing-sun-halo-creates-an-eye-in-the-sky.html

National Geographic

Photograph byMichael Epstein

Rare occurrence of refraction and reflection with foggy conditions.

Source:https://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/photos/7318075/

Japan

The primary function of the Fu organs is to support the corresponding Zo organs, and they perform other functions as well. The Fu organs are the Yang organs and are considered to be hollow organs.

Source:https://www.fivelightscenter.com/blog/

Halo and sun dog

Photo from Wikipedia

Source:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Halo_and_sun_dog_-_NOAA.jpg

Did you know that the Antarctic sun keeps dogs?

Dry, thin, freezing cold air and a sterile immensity of snow makes the Antarctic Plateau hostile to humans. It can also turn it into an atmospheric display of beauty.

Source:https://nettarkiv.npolar.no/sorpolen2011.npolar.no/en/did-you-know/2011-12-06-the-sun-keeps-dogs.html

Sun Dogs

I know the title Sun Dogs sounds like some sort of seventies surfer movie but it’s actually the name of am atmospheric phenomenon.

Source:http://www.akajanerandom.com/2012/10/31/sun-dogs/

The solar halo of “diamond dust”

A ski resort is one of the best places to see the solar halo. These rings and columns of light surround the sun when the air is filled with ice crystals.

Source:http://earth-chronicles.com/science/the-solar-halo-of-diamond-dust.html

Nature is so powerful

Nature can be sometimes so powerful.

And will always surprise us with weird but natural phenomena

Source:http://strangesounds.org/2016/02/nature-powerful-solar-halo-phenomenon-germany.html

Buddahe

Source:http://buddhabe.tumblr.com/post/33431803059/fanaticismworld-tibetan-in-the-sun-sun-halo