a rare sun candle caused by sunlight reflecting off... countless tiny, flat ice crystals in the atmosphereshow more

A rare sun pillar formed by sunlight and ice crystals

Two suns rise over parts of Russia Sakhalin residents... spot a rare sun dog caused by ice crystals in the airshow more

An amazing solar display over the Swiss Alps, consisting... of a 22° halo with sun dogs, a sun pillar, upper tangent arcs, infralateral arcs, Parry's arc, and a circumzenithal arc, caused by sunlight interacting with ice crystals in the atmosphere. 📽: Yesthatsam | CC BY-SA 4.0show more

RAINBOW “SUN DOG” PHENOMENON OVER ISRAEL A rare “sun... dog” lit up skies across Israel today, creating a rainbow-like halo around the Sun 🌈 The atmospheric phenomenon occurs when sunlight refracts through ice crystals in the atmosphere, producing bright, colorful arcs.show more

A stunning solar halo appeared in the sky over... Paraguay, creating a glowing ring around the sun. ☀️🌈 The phenomenon occurs when sunlight passes through ice crystals high in the atmosphere.show more

A breathtaking Sun halo over the Austrian Alps caused... by ice crystals in the air refracting light. 📽: Kalle Centergrenshow more

Light Pillars in Saint Petersburg, Russia last night. Light... pillars are an atmospheric optical phenomenon caused by light reflecting off flat, plate-shaped ice crystals suspended in very cold air, creating vertical columns of light above or below a source.show more

A breathtaking Sun halo over the Austrian Alps caused... by ice crystals in the air refracting light. 📽: Kalle Centergrenshow more

An extremely rare solar halo rises over the Great... Pyramids of Giza at sunrise. Ice crystals high in the atmosphere bend sunlight into a perfect ring — where ancient history meets atmospheric physics in Egypt’sshow more

This is Cloud iridescence. It's an optical phenomenon that... happens when tiny water droplets or ice crystals in the cloud diffract sunlight.show more

This is Cloud iridescence. It's an optical phenomenon that... happens when tiny water droplets or ice crystals in the cloud diffract sunlightshow more

An atmospheric phenomenon resembling a celestial gateway is known... as a subsun. This stunning optical effect occurs when sunlight reflects off plate-shaped ice crystals present in clouds, creating bright spots or halos that can appear below the sun.show more

A rare natural phenomenon was observed by residents of... Garbolovo Russia. Mysterious "Light Pillars" appeared due to ice crystals in the lower layers of the atmosphere. With the appearance of the pillars, the temperature dropped to -22.5 °C.show more

Beautiful iridescent clouds over Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan. Iridescent... clouds occur when sunlight diffracts through tiny water droplets or ice crystals in thin clouds, scattering light into vivid colors.show more

sunlight, creating rainbow-like colors in clouds. Usually seen near... the sun, this rare phenomenon lasts only moments. By No_Class963show more

A skier spotted a rare phenomenon known as "sun... candle" while on the slopesshow more

🔥🚨DEVELOPING: Light pillars were spotted north of St. Petersburg,... Russia Light pillars are vertical columns of light seen in cold weather when light reflects off millions of ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere.show more