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 ...

While searching for a rare and beautiful harlequin duck at Illinois Beach State Park on a recent cold day, I looked to the sky to see a halo surrounding the sun. The bright globe was completely ...

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 ...

LINCOLN CITY, Ore. (KOIN) — It’s not always a sight one gets to see as an approaching storm brings a thin layer of cirrus clouds to the Oregon Coast. A rare sun halo with rainbow colors was spotted ...

ATLANTA — As fans were waiting to cheer on their World Series Champions Friday in the Braves Victory Parade, they noticed something in the sky. A halo, or ring around the sun, shined above Truist Park ...

Friday morning’s sunrise featured a few atmospheric phenomena over the Metro Atlanta area: A sun halo, with both sundogs on each side of the sun. According to EarthSky.org, “Halos are a sign of high ...

At least three separate optical phenomena are visible in the new images. Each of which is created by light refracting through millions of perfectly aligned ice crystals in the upper atmosphere. When ...

According to Space.com, when conditions are ideal, ice crystals in the atmosphere on Earth can bend sunlight to give the impression of a bright spot or halo surrounding the sun. A comparable optical ...