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22-degree halo over Northern California, US
22-degre halo over Exeter, Devon, England
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22-degree halo over Cajeme, Sonora, Mexico
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22-degree halo over Solana Beach, California, US
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22-degree halo spotted from the Everett Marina, over Everett, Washington, US
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22-degree lunar halo over Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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A classic example of a 22-degree halo over Northern California, US
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A reflection of a 22-degree halo over Isle of Lewis, Scotland
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22-degree halo spotted over Abruzzo National Park, Barrea, Italy
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22-degree halo over Malakwa, British Columbia, Canada
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22-degree halo over Cotia, São Paulo, Brazil
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A unique perspective of a 22-degree halo, with a bee-fly visiting a poppy in the foreground, near Selma, Oregon, US
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22-degree halo is seen as the sunlight is refracted through the ice crystals of thin layers of high clouds, such as cirrostratus in this case. Note how it 'ceases to exist' where there are no thin layers of clouds present. This example was spotted over Lake Stevens, Washington, US.
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22-degree halo, which appears as sunlight is refracted through the ice crystals of thin layers of high clouds, such as Cirrostratus in this photograph. An added feature in this particular scenario is the reflection of the 22-degree halo in the layer of water on a beach on the Isle of Lewis and Harris, Scotland.
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22-degree halo over Rome, Italy
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The intersection of nature and technology, with a 22-degree halo over Mauritius, East Africa
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