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Sun Dog (Parhelion) and reflections in the water near Salerno, Italy
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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Circumhorizon Arc over Portola Valley, California, US
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The intersection of nature and technology, with a 22-degree halo over Mauritius, East Africa
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22-degree halo over Barbados, West Indies.
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A lunar halo over the Sierra de las Nieves national Park in Tolox, Andalucia. Spain.
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Anti-crepuscular rays over Cascavel, Paraná, Brazil.
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A circumzenithal arc over Wichelen, Belgium.
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A 22° lunar halo over Melbourne, Australia.
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A halo over Swift Current in Saskatchewan, Canada.
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Anti crepuscular rays over Brighton, Colorado, US
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Anti-crepuscular sunset, east of Brighton, Colorado, US.
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A sunset with anti-crepuscular rays over SongDo, Busan, Republic of Korea.
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A halo over Mercogliano, Italy.
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