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Sun Halo-captionned image

author: Sauli Koski/Novapix

reference: t-met03-00035

Image Size 300 DPI: 31 * 21 cm

Halos are caused by sunlight being refracted by cirro-stratus clouds. These are thin clouds, very high in the atmosphere, and are composed of ice crystals. They bend light at a 22 degree angle, which creates a halo around the sun that is 44 degrees in diameter. Finland, october 30, 2010.

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2010 - ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA - CIRROSTRATUS - CLOUD - EARTH - FINLAND - HALO - KITTILA - LAPLAND - METEOROLOGY - PARHELION - SUN - SUNRISE -