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 ...

Not one, but two stunning optical effects were spotted overhead in Minnesota as the state was gripped by freezing ...

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 ...

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." ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has spotted a phenomenon scientists had lost hope of ever seeing on Mars. On Earth, when conditions are just right, ice crystals in the atmosphere can warp sunlight to create ...

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(WLUK) -- If you've looked up at the sky at any point over the past few days, you may have noticed a peculiar circle of light surrounding the sun or moon. The optical phenomenon known as a halo was ...

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 ...

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 ...