Last week we had some beautiful, sunny, warm days...perfect for hanging clothes on the line. As I was hanging up the clothes, I looked up and noticed a rainbow in the sky. I thought it was strange, because it was sunny and clear. Then I realized the rainbow made a complete circle around the sun. I had never seen anything like it before. I called for Jeremy, who had the great idea to try to take a picture of it. Unfortunately, from our angle and with our house and wall in the way, we couldn't get a picture of the whole circle.
This is the best picture we were able to get.
I did a little searching on the internet, (what did we ever do without the internet?!) and I found that this is called a sun halo, and is "the result of ice crystals trapped in cirrus clouds, in the lowest layer of earth's atmosphere.The crystals act as prisms, reflecting light that mimics bands of color found in a rainbow"
Whatever the case, it was really neat, and I'm glad we got to see it! If nothing else, it made hanging up the laundry a little more interesting that day!
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