Halo

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Halo with tangent arcs particularly on top of the halo. View South from Flat Top Mountain, North Carolina December 1979. A halo is any of a variety of bright circles or arcs centered on the sun or moon, caused by the refraction or reflection of light by ice crystals suspended in the earth's atmosphere and exhibiting prismatic coloration ranging from red inside to blue outside.

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Size: 3900px × 2778px
Photo credit: © Photo Researchers / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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