I saw a sun halo today!!

It happened this morning after I dropped Nicole off at her daycare. Leaving the parking lot, I was looking east, waiting for my turn to go, and I noticed this huge circle around the sun.

Thankfully, I had just recently ready this post on Towleroad that talks about the phenomenon, otherwise I would have been totally puzzled.

At first I thought it was a rainbow or something like that, or that my sunglasses were the culprit, but then I removed them and I could still see it, even from different angles.

It was quite impressive. Here's a picture of what a sun halo looks like:


Here is a quick explanation of what a sun halo is:

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the halo is actually a ring of light seen through a cloud of ice crystals, Brooks said.
NBC 6's Paul Deanno said the sunlight reflects off the ice crystals, creating the halo. The ring is usually an indicator that rain is nearby.

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