At least three separate optical phenomena are visible in the new images. Each of which is created by light refracting through millions of perfectly aligned ice crystals in the upper atmosphere. When ...

If you looked up at the night sky during the past 24 hours, you might have seen a ring around the moon. Viewers from all over the nation and even in other parts of the world were able to see the halo, ...

PETOSKEY — If you looked up at the sky today and noticed a glowing ring around the sun, you’re not alone. That bright, circular halo is a natural optical phenomenon known as a sun halo, and while it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A blue sky with the sun surrounded by a white circle bisected with a white line and two bright spots either side of the circle. A ...

A scientist recently snapped a series of shining arcs and halos of light surrounding the sun in the sky above the U.K., including an exceptionally rare ring of light that circled the entire sky. Alan ...