Solar halo

[Marvin Jenkins]

Hi all. May the 5th I posted a photo of what I thought may have been my first sun dog.

Today at work there was an almost complete solar halo with another bar of colour directly below it.

For once my phone did a pretty good job of picking it out. Please let me know if you have any info on this phenomenon.

[Stu]

 Nice shots.

Lots of info here:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_(optical_phenomenon)

[Saganite]

Nice image

Edited May 28, 2021 by Saganite

[Marvin Jenkins]

I did get a few more pictures. Does anyone know if this connected to the recent solar activity or just a coincidence caused by atmospheric conditions.

Also I am very lucky to work in an environment like that. I do pinch myself sometimes. 26 deg and sunny, very nice.

Marv

[Stu]

35 minutes ago, Marvin Jenkins said:

I did get a few more pictures. Does anyone know if this connected to the recent solar activity or just a coincidence caused by atmospheric conditions.

Also I am very lucky to work in an environment like that. I do pinch myself sometimes. 26 deg and sunny, very nice.

Marv

Purely atmospherics Marv, caused by ice crystals high in the atmosphere I believe.

[Marvin Jenkins]

We have been having some amazing horse tails here today. With a huge variation of Cirrus, really quite dramatic.

It will probably ruin the possibility of clear Astro tonight.

Marv