22 Degree Halo

Here is a very short, but I think interesting post. 

I was sitting on our deck on 9/29/19, about 2:30 p.m., and saw this halo around the sun. I didn't know what it was called but checked first with my favourite expert on weather and sky related phenomenon, Jeanne, and then with Google. She told me it was called a 22 degree halo and is caused by ice crystals in the high atmosphere. Google agreed. 

Here is a link in case you're interested.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/22%C2%B0_halo

One thing I picked up from the article is that this actually happens much more often than I was aware. I thought it was an oddity. It is not. I just hadn't noticed it before I guess. If you are surprised as well, start looking up more often. I plan to.  

It sure is pretty. 

To conclude this very brief look into the heavens, here is a video.     -djf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBM19zJ1310&feature=youtu.be

 It's shape is hard to determine.

 My camera lost focus, but this is interesting nonetheless.

This almost looks like it is dropping or fired two glowing things.

I zoomed in and got this last one. Look at that shape and how bright it is. 

Just before seeing this...object, I had been listening to the original broadcast of War of the Worlds.  Maybe my mind was open to fantastic speculations... anyway, I determined that what I was seeing was not a hyper-drive ship from another world...it was actually a reflection of light from the crystal cross hanging in the window. Although no sunlight is visible, there was a small hole in the clouds that shot a beam into our room and momentarily produced a mini-light show.  Hope you enjoyed it.   -djf