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Solar Halo

Posted by on Nov 10, 2013 in Blog | 1 comment

Solar Halo

On November 3 there was a total solar eclipse.  While I did not see the eclipse from where I was located in Cotacachi, Ecuador, I did see something that made me say, “Wow!”  I was outside in the courtyard of the house I am living in, and happened to look up and see the sun was completely surrounded with a rainbow.  I looked up that this phenomenon appears when the sun is at a 22 degree angle from water droplets or ice crystals. It was an amazing sight, which I could only shoot a portion of it at a time, since I could not shoot directly into the sun. Rainbows are thought by some...

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