The sunlight is short as the official start of winter approaches and even the few hours daylight may be cloudy or hazy sun. And with enough ice crystals in the air, even a ring appears around the sun reminding me it is cold outside.
Sun Circle
Picture of the Day for August 26, 2013
The heat and high humidity continues and the sun even appears hotter than normal.
Hot Sun
Picture of the Day for February 4, 2013
In folklore, a ring or a halo seen around the sun or the moon means precipitation is coming and since it is winter, that means more snow is on the way again!
The halos are formed by the tiny ice crystals in the high cirrus clouds that reflect the light. Halos around the moon are usually just white whereas the ones around the sun can be more colorful and sometimes look like rainbows.
Ring around the Sun
Picture of the Day for January 24, 2013
Don’t let the warm colors of the sun fool you, it is still very cold outside!
Fooling Sun
Picture of the Day for January 18, 2013
The winter skies can produce sundogs when ice crystals are present in the air in very cold weather and there is a chance that some might be visible in the next few days but sometimes the sun can reflect on the winter clouds to give off different colors like green and in this case a pink color.
It seems rather eerie when the sun is masked by the clouds and makes it appear more like the moon than the sun.
Eerie Sun
Picture of the Day for December 8, 2012
As a kid, the ‘masterpieces’ drawn with Crayons always had a yellow sun so to end the yellow week, a yellow sun would be an appropriate picture except the sun on frosty morning appeared white instead of yellow.
The Sun on a Frosty Morning
