Tag Archives: Sun Halo

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It's rather startling to see this, but it is a treat. Grace O'Malley photographed a Sun Halo. What's interesting in Grace's photo is the pyramid shape in the middle of the Halo.

A Sun Halo is a ring or light that forms around the sun as the sunlight refracts off ice crystals present in a thin veil of cirrus clouds. It often predicts rain within the next 24 hours.

Thanks to Grace for allowing me to share her photo with you here.

No Sun Halo today. We actually saw some fog form out on the ocean, and that is a harbinger for spring! It's been sunny with light breezes and temps in the 60s. Perfection!

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What a beautiful sight, this magnificent Sun Halo. Shari Goforth-Eby photographed in on Nov. 18th.

Here is the definition of a Sun Halo: "A Sun halo is caused by the refraction, reflection, and dispersion of light through ice particles suspended within thin, wispy, high altitude cirrus or cirrostratus clouds. As light passes through these hexagon-shaped ice crystals, it is bent at a 22° angle, creating a circular halo around the Sun."

Sun Halos are often predictors of rain, and sure enough, we had rain the next day.

Thanks to Shari for allowing me to share her photo with you here.

Cool, sunny weather today, with enough breeze to knock leaves out of our Dogwood tree.