A stunning 22-degree solar halo encircles the sun, its light partially obscured by a silhouetted tree trunk. The halo, a result of light refracting through ice crystals in the atmosphere, forms a perfect circle around the sun. This image was captured near Heroldstatt, Germany, on a day when the Earth was at its perihelion—its closest point to the sun.

Astronomy Picture from 13/01/2024

Circling the Sun

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240113.html


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