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ice crystal halo - this photo was featured on ABC 6:00pm News on 1/11/10 in LA CA

This halo was huge... almost took up half of the sky. I left the tree tops in the photo along with a helicoptor so you can get a feel for the size of this thing. From what I understand, ice crystal halos are made because there are small uniformed particles of ice or water reflecting light. I think that these are sometimes called coronas... although it is different than what we see during an eclipse. Anyway... please enjoy this wonderful phenomenon!!!

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Uploaded on January 9, 2010
Taken on January 8, 2010