Rainbow Around the Sun

[Cil]

Okay, I just came back from a walk on the beach and there was a faint rainbow ring around the sun. No, I have not ingested any illegal substances.
Did anyone in SoWal see this?

 

[Smiling JOe]

After looking up at the Sun to see, I am now seeing yellow and white spots everywhere. No rainbow here.

 

[30A Skunkape]

This is pretty common on a bright cold day. Ice crystals in the wispy cirrus clouds scatter light like the prism on the Dark Side of the Moon album cover.

 

[Cil]

It was 60-some degrees. Was that cold enough? (Well, I suppose it was chillier up there.) ;-)

 

[Mango]

This is pretty common on a bright cold day. Ice crystals in the wispy cirrus clouds scatter light like the prism on the Dark Side of the Moon album cover.

I've never seen one around the sun. That's pretty cool Cil. :clap_1: Maybe I have seen it, just the colors weren't vivid enough.
I have seen them around the moon. I think the ones around the sun are called Sun Dogs.

 

[danhall]

There is a wild-looking ring around the moon right now. 7:49 P.M. Saturday.

go look, I'll wait here.

 

[Ocean Lover]

There is a wild-looking ring around the moon right now. 7:49 P.M. Saturday.

go look, I'll wait here.

Still there Dan?

 

[Mango]

Still there Dan?

 

[Cil]

There is a wild-looking ring around the moon right now. 7:49 P.M. Saturday.

go look, I'll wait here.

Yes, I did see it last night when I let Elwood out for a bathroom break.
I almost came back and posted about it; I am so glad Danhall did, thank you Dan.
It's gone now.

 

[Mermaid]

If you google "rainbow around sun" and click on Images, you can see some pretty cool photos! You were lucky, Cil, to see the real thing. Wow.