Parhelium and sihouettes

Parhelium is a type of solar halo that occurs as a result of the refraction of ice crystals in the atmosphere under the rays of the low sun. It most often occurs in the autumn-winter period and looks like two cropped rainbows above the horizon, flanking the sun.

The parhelium is usually duplicated symmetrically, but it happens that only one part is visible to the right or left of the sun.

It depends on the clouds and the angle of incidence of the sun's rays.

This "rainbow" is very easy to combine with any objects, as it is located low to the horizon.

The duration of this phenomenon is always different – it can hang for a whole day, or it can appear for five minutes and then disappear...as in my case.

For the first time I heard the folk name pargelia - the sun with ears.

I also learned that the distance of these rainbows from the sun is always the same: 22 degrees.

This optical phenomenon is a harbinger of a cold snap.

In general, everything coincided – it got colder after the halo.