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Solar Halo

author: J.Lodriguss/Novapix

reference: t-met03-00001

Image Size 300 DPI: 24 * 16 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. A parhelia is also visible.

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ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA - CIRROSTRATUS - CLOUD - EARTH - HALO - METEOROLOGY - PARHELION - SUN -