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anyone have high res pics of totally awesome optical phenomenon that happens at the poles? thanks!
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Sun Halos don't only happen at the poles
>> Anonymous
Have you ever seen a halo around the Sun? This fairly common sight occurs when high thin clouds containing millions of tiny ice crystals cover much of the sky. Each ice crystal acts like a miniature lens. Because most of the crystals have a similar elongated hexagonal shape, light entering one crystal face and exiting through the opposing face refracts 22 degrees, which corresponds to the radius of the Sun Halo. A similar Moon Halo may be visible during the night.
>> Anonymous
couple months ago there was cloud cover in the middle of the night, and the moon was completely opaquely white - brighter than ive ever seen it, and had a very definite rainbowish halo around it. found out the next day that had been the closest the moon had gotten to the earth the whole year. crazy.
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>> Anonymous
google image search for "aurora borealis"

thread over.
>> Anonymous
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Fairly common sight? On what latitude, good sir? At the Pole, perhaps. But like 99% of the peoples of the world will never see a halo.
>> Aurora Borealis/Sun Halos Canada
Reporting from Alberta Canada.

I've seen Aurora Borealis as various times of year, mostly more North in the province. Last time in particular was August 2006, roughly around Cold Lake.

As far as Sun Halos, they came be fairly common in a colder winter climate where the temp can get below -20C for example. Here, it will get warm and moist for a few days, then hit a cold temp like -20, and such halos would be visible.

99% of the population sounds steep, but, definitely its a small percentage of people that would call them 'common'.


AND WE LIKE OUR FUCKIN SPACE, SO STAY THE FUCK OUT.

Happy HRing.
>> Anonymous
>>274108
I live in Louisiana, southern USA, and I've seen them three or four times.