Anybody know what this is?

[DynaSport]

In the sky today. Was there a couple of hours and then went away. I've never seen anything like this before.

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[GFFPhoto]

In America, we call them rainbows

 

[DynaSport]

A perfect circle around the sun, when it hasn't rained? But that is kind of what it looks like in the photos. It was harder to see that it had colors in it with the eyes looking into the sun.

 

[Narnian]

It is a halo around the sun - similar to a rainbow.

http://tbo.com/weather/what-caused-the-halo-around-the-sun-20140416/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_(optical_phenomenon)

 

[GFFPhoto]

Its just moisture in the air :smile:. There is even an old saying... something like "ring around the sun or moon, you can expect rain soon". And its often accurate, so roll up your car windows!

 

[DynaSport]

Thanks guys!

 

[DoofClenas]

We usually get those in the winter time, caused by tiny ice crystals in the air...I heard them referred to a Sun Dogs...What was the temperature outside?

 

[lfmerrell]

I believe it is a Solar Glory.

atmospheric optical phenomenon - "Glory"
www.weather.gov.hk/education/edu06nature/ele_glory1106_e.htm
"Glory" is a set of small luminous rings of different colours appearing around the ... [Note: The four technical terms including "solar point", "anthelic point", ...

 

[tosvus]

I'm pretty sure it's the sun, but since I haven't seen it much for so long, it's hard to tell.

 

[DynaSport]

We usually get those in the winter time, caused by tiny ice crystals in the air...I heard them referred to a Sun Dogs...What was the temperature outside?

Upper 70s low 80s I think.

 

[DynaSport]

From a local article about this:

According to the National Weather Service, the halo was caused by sunlight being bent as it passed through ice crystals from high, thin cirrus clouds in the upper atmosphere.

From this

http://tbo.com/weather/what-caused-the-halo-around-the-sun-20140416/

 

[marcr1230]

I also understand this as high altitude ice crystals - I've seen this around the moon also at times

 

[slothead]

Do you mean the halo? They are certainly more common around the moon but I can't imagine why they aren't almost as common around the sun. It may just be too bright to see around the sun. As someone else already mentioned it could also be considered a rainbow, but rainbows are usually only semicircular, same thing though.