The vertically oriented image captures a bright daytime sky featuring a prominent solar halo. The sun, a brilliant white orb, is centrally positioned in the upper half of the frame, emitting a bright glow and a distinct green, cross-shaped lens flare. Encircling the sun is a large, iridescent 22-degree halo, forming a circular band of light against the luminous sky. The sky transitions from a clearer blue on the right, adorned with long, wispy cirrus clouds, to a more muted, hazy white expanse on the left where the halo is most pronounced. In the upper part of the image, the dark, bare branches of a deciduous tree are silhouetted against the bright sky. Further to the right, a dense cluster of dark evergreen trees is visible, with hints of a distant structure behind them. In the lower right foreground, a dark, rustic wooden log house with a dark roof and a visible chimney is prominently featured. The scene depicts a serene moment, showcasing a beautiful atmospheric optical phenomenon under clear weather conditions with high-altitude ice crystal clouds, likely in Dreiliņi, Latvia. No visible text is present in the image.

Solar halo observed over Dreiliņi during

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Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 01:14 PM

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Dreiliņi, Latvia

56.94100, 24.24500

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