Ice crystals in high (cirrus?) clouds create a "fire ring" around the sun.
Comments
Jas - Dec 09, 2008 01:13 PM EDT What a wonderful capture Bruce! The colours are amazing and a very interesting phenomenon - think I will look at the site Karen has mentioned. :)
donwrob - Dec 06, 2008 05:57 PM EDT Awesome capture Bruce! I missed a good one last year when I was driving out of town without my camera. They don't happen very often, the crystals have to be perfect for it. Nice! Don
bubbalinn - Dec 05, 2008 02:56 PM EDT Beautiful photo Bruce! What a fun photo to view and learn about.
shutterbug - Dec 05, 2008 10:28 AM EDT Neat photo of the Sky with the fire ring!
Carol
Karen Moen - Dec 05, 2008 12:10 AM EDT Nicely captured weather phenom. You should check out The Cloud Appreciation Society.org. They are a UK site that publishes weather photos and id's the clouds and phenoms. from around the world.
A.Lovely - Dec 04, 2008 07:37 PM EDT How interesting, Alfresco and such a wonderful capture of the ice crystals. An enjoyable photograph to view.
whittler113 - Dec 04, 2008 02:25 PM EDT WOW!! very nice.