The image shows a 22-degree solar halo. It is a ring of light around the sun caused by refraction of sunlight through hexagonal ice crystals in high-altitude cirrus clouds. The sun is bright and white, and the halo is a fainter, whitish ring with hints of red and blue near its inner edge. The sky is a light blue with some wispy clouds visible. No people or any specific location in Porlamar, Venezuela, are identifiable.

$The image shows a 22-degree solar halo. It is a ring of light around the sun caused by refraction of sunlight through hexagonal ice crystals in high-altitude cirrus clouds. The sun is bright and white, and the halo is a fainter, whitish ring with hints of red and blue near its inner edge. The sky is a light blue with some wispy clouds visible. No people or any specific location in Porlamar, Venezuela, are identifiable.$ Solar halo observed over Porlamar, Venez

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The image shows a 22-degree solar halo. It is a ring of light around the sun caused by refraction of sunlight through hexagonal ice crystals in high-altitude cirrus clouds. The sun is bright and white…read more

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