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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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." ...

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 ...

A sun halo is a group of atmospheric optical effects that create glowing rings, arcs, or pillars around the Sun or Moon, caused by the refraction and reflection of light in ice crystals in the ...

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 ...