This was taken last october right outside my house. I didnt have a lens wide enough to get a full view of the halo. Halo are mostly caused by ice crystals in cold cirrus clouds located high (5–10 km, or 3–6 miles) in the upper troposphere. The particular shape and orientation of the crystals is responsible for the type of halo observed. Light is reflected and refracted by the ice crystals and may split up into colors because of dispersion, similarly to the rainbow.
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Friday, February 13, 2009
Sun Halo
This was taken last october right outside my house. I didnt have a lens wide enough to get a full view of the halo. Halo are mostly caused by ice crystals in cold cirrus clouds located high (5–10 km, or 3–6 miles) in the upper troposphere. The particular shape and orientation of the crystals is responsible for the type of halo observed. Light is reflected and refracted by the ice crystals and may split up into colors because of dispersion, similarly to the rainbow.
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1 comments:
haha! wow that looks awesome!
reminds me of heroes. :L
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