In a rare cosmic moment, the sun positioned itself directly above the Kaaba in Mecca on Tuesday. For Muslims around the world ...

On July 15, 2025, the sun will appear directly overhead the Kaaba at 12:27 p.m. local time in Mecca, allowing for precise ...

However as it passes in front of the sun, refraction of the light by the ice crystals causes the halo to form. Image source, Jimbo56/Weather Watchers. Image caption, ...

(WLUK) --Viewers Chuck and Kathy Congleton sent in this photo from Brandon, showing a sundog.It looks like the sun is giving off a reflection on both sides wi ...

Many of our viewers have captured pictures of rainbow clouds and this is actually called cloud iridescence. Meteorologist ...

The sunlight bounces off these crystals making the waves change direction, this is refraction, and this gives the appearance that the sun has an extra halo of light surrounding it, EarthSky.com ...

When these clouds pass in front of the sun, refraction and reflection of the light by the ice crystals can produce a halo. The size and shape of a halo can also be altered by the angle at which ...

We can see those colors, from red to violet, when the Sun’s light is separated into its parts passing through a material like glass or water, a process called refraction.

At around 8am Tuesday, an unusual sunlight event excited people on the Hauraki Plains near Thames, with many wondering what had caused an unusual halo effect around the sun. An HC Post reporter ...

However as it passes in front of the sun, refraction of the light by the ice crystals causes the halo to form. Image source, Jimbo56/Weather Watchers. Image caption, ...