Solar halo

Posted by connolly33
on Sunday, December 6, 2009

by Mark Connolly

 

I took this photo with a Cannon Power Shot S80 on Dec 5 while we were building an observatory for the Mn Astronomical Society just east of St Paul, MN.  It was a cool morning with thin clouds, just right for the halo.  The halo lasted for about an hour.  (1/2000 sec, auto mode)

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