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 ...

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 ...

Sam Talley spotted this in the sky over Florence, Alabama Wednesday afternoon. Did you see something similar? If you did, you spotted an atmospheric optical phenomenon known as a 22-degree halo.

A STRANGE optical phenomenon was spotted in the skies near Hengistbury Head. Nik Spicer captured a picture of a circle of light that had formed around the sun. The spectacular sight, which was visible ...

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." ...

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 ...

MADISON (WKOW) – If you looked up Sunday around midday, you would have seen a large ring around the sun, called a halo. This optical phenomenon occurs when sunlight passes through thin clouds in the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Unfiltered view of sun halo yesterday Did ...

This article is part of the SciFri Science Club’s Explain the Sun activity. Participate using the hashtag #ExplainTheSun. What you’re seeing above are just two of the nearly four-dozen different kinds ...

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 ...