Ian Rose on Nostr: I caught one of the best solar halos I've ever seen in Oregon this morning in the ...
I caught one of the best solar halos I've ever seen in Oregon this morning in the coast range. It happens when sunlight hits ice crystals in the atmosphere, and I usually think of it as a winter thing, not something for late April. The boundary was this clear and sharp in real life, like a portal opening up in the sky, then fading a few minutes later.
#Oregon #PNW #atmosphere #SunHalo
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