Monday, May 14, 2007

















This is the western gate of the old walled town of Dali. Can anyone tell me what this effect is with the light rings around the sun?? They were visible to the naked eye also, so its not a camera effect. A shiny new penny for the bright spark who can enlighten me...

1 comment:

Robin said...

I found this on google...

High cirrostratus cloud forms the halo and this same cloud is on the advancing edge of warm fronts with their associated heavy rain. If a wind stirs from the south west, the sky becomes hazy, a halo forms around the sun which is then dimmed and finally obscured by increasingly thick cloud then rain is likely within a few hours. But many halos are not associated with frontal systems and to see one is not a reliable sign of bad weather. They are things of beauty, not bad news