Posted on Jun 10, 2021

APOD: 2021 June 10 - Circular Sun Halo

Maj William W. 'Bill' Price

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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Circular Sun Halo." A halo (not to be confused with a corona) about the Sun is visible all over the world and throughout the year. Look for them (with appropriate eye care, of course) whenever the sky is wisped or hazed with thin cirrus clouds (they contain the ice crystals responsible for the halo. Water droplets create a corona). The halo is always the same diameter regardless of its position in the sky. Sometimes only parts of the complete circle (as seen in this picture near Rome, Italy) are visible.

Anyone get a glimpse of the bite taken out of the Sun this morning? Any RP-ers stationed at Thule Air Base got to see this year's ring of fire eclipse. My best view was found online, although a bit was left in the NC Piedmont by the time the Sun got above the trees. The next annular solar eclipse will be October 14, 2023, and will pass through the Western United States (Washington to South Texas).

APOD: 2021 June 10 - Circular Sun Halo

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Jesse Colin Young - Sunlight - 4/17/1976 - Capitol Theatre (Official)

Jesse Colin Young - SunlightRecorded Live: 4/17/1976 - Capitol Theatre - Passaic, NJMore Jesse Colin Young at Music Vault: http://www.musicvault.comSubscribe...

Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Thursday, June 10, 2021 entitled "Circular Sun Halo."

Image: Circular Sun Halo - Image Credit & Copyright - Vincenzo Mirabella
The author of the APOD background mentions the randomly oriented ice crystals 'created' in thin high cirrus clouds.
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"Explanation: Want to see a ring around the Sun? It's easy to do in daytime skies around the world. Created by randomly oriented ice crystals in thin high cirrus clouds, circular 22 degree halos are visible much more often than rainbows. This one was captured by smart phone photography on May 29 near Rome, Italy. Carefully blocking the Sun, for example with a finger tip, is usually all that it takes to reveal the common bright halo ring. The halo's characteristic angular radius is about equal to the span of your hand, thumb to little finger, at the end of your outstretched arm. Want to see a ring of fire eclipse? That's harder. The spectacular annular phase of today's (June 10) solar eclipse, known as a ring of fire, was briefly visible only when standing along the Moon's narrow shadow track that passes over parts of northern Canada, Greenland, the Arctic, and eastern Russia. The solar eclipse was partial though, when seen from broader regions, including northern Asia, Europe, and parts of the US.'

Jesse Colin Young - Sunlight - 4/17/1976 - Capitol Theatre (Official)
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