Saturday, October 3, 2009

Last 26th of September, the inhabitants of Costa Rica's central valley experienced a very strange phenomenon: a solar halo.
A solar halo is an optical effect caused by ice particles floating in the troposphere that refract sunlight creating a spectrum of colors around the sun. Many were the ones who took dozens of pictures of the halo and posted them on the internet.
It is preferable not looking directly at the halo but instead covering the sun with a circular piece in order to just look the halo.

 Solar halo over Costa Rica

 Another picture of the solar halo

1 comment:

  1. Wow. More beautiful pictures. Have you ever seen this yourself? How did you found out about it? This is really interesting news, just make sure to add some of your own thoughts or experiences to the reports.

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