413 views Photo Uploaded: Aug 29 2006 06:45:47 GMT Taken: 2005:05:23 15:16:12 Manufacturer: Canon Camera: PowerShot A610Aperture: F7.1 Shutter: 1/1250 sec Flash: No Halo = icebow (optical phenomenon) around the sun.
Halos, also known as icebows, are optical phenomena that appear near or around the Sun or Moon. There are many types of optical halos, but they are mostly caused by ice crystals in cold cirrus clouds located high (5–10 km, or 3–6 miles) in the upper troposphere.
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BTW: I lost all my pictures yesterday from my picasa album....:(
this one was on my desktop....:)
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