An ethereal halo of light around the full moon created by ice crystals from overhanging clouds recently shone bright during a SpaceX rocket launch in Florida, setting the stage for a stunning ...

A blue sky with the sun surrounded by a white circle bisected with a white line and two bright spots either side of the circle. A scientist recently snapped a series of shining arcs and halos of light ...

On Reddit, users located as far as the U.K. also reported seeing the ghostly phenomenon. A moon halo is actually an atmospheric optical illusion that causes a large, bright ring to surround our ...

Halos are light rings around the sun or moon, created by the refraction of light “off ice crystals present in a thin veil of cirrus clouds,” according to the National Weather Service. Chloe Brady, ...

An eerily-prefect ring of light was spotted around the full moon in Florida during the recent launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, creating a stunning new photo. When you purchase through links on our ...

At least three separate optical phenomena are visible in the new images. Each of which is created by light refracting through millions of perfectly aligned ice crystals in the upper atmosphere. When ...