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With pleasure :-)

Yes they are more common on cold days, but they can happen during the summer too. It just means that the ice can form at lower altitudes on a cold day.

Yes they are more common on cold days, but they can happen during the summer too. It just means that the ice can form at lower altitudes on a cold day.

In fact this is a 22 degree solar halo:

That second image also has a really beautiful parhelic circle ( I wrote a post here explaining all about the sun dog. Let me know if it is useful.

This is a lovely explanation. I also wrote a post here but I think that yours may be clearer.

I wrote a post here explaining all about the sun dog. Let me know if it is useful.

It's a beautiful one! I wrote a post here explaining all about the sun dog. Let me know if it is useful.

I wrote a post here explaining all about the sun dog. Let me know if it is useful.

These are gorgeous. I've been taking photos of them and giving talks about these effects for years. Let me know if you have any questions. Yours sincerely, your friendly neighbourhood physicist.

Indeed this is from ice particles. They occur in relatively high altitude clouds where the temperature can be extremely low, even in tropical places. It's amazing what you can see when you know to look

I wrote a post introducing people a little to effective altruism, and offering a free book to those who want to know more...but so far nobody seems to want free books...what is happening in the world?

Stunning pictures :-)

They're not happening more often, but with digital photography, people are reporting them more and more.

This looks to me like a circumhorizon arc:

Absolute stunner!

Thank you :-)

Have you ever looked out for anticrepuscular rays. They are the rays which meet back at the antisolar point. Mine taken at Muizenberg beach in Cape Town:

Thank you for this post. It's lovely to see people sharing the beauty of these effects. Here are a couple of my own: Anticrepuscular rays in Muizenberg, South Africa And cloud shadow in Seoul, South Korea:

I save all of the water from my washing machine (on the most economical setting it is around 60 liters), and use it to flush my toilet. I store it in 25 liter containers and add a little bleach to stop