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<blockquote data-quote="Marilynne" data-source="post: 774086" data-attributes="member: 10234"><p><span style="color: #800080"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><strong>From EarthSky.org</strong></span></span></p><p></p><p><strong>What causes halos?</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #151515"><span style="font-family: inherit">We get many messages throughout each year from people who’ve just spotted a large ring or circle of light around the sun or moon. Scientists call them <em>22-degree halos</em>. They bear this name because the radius of the circle around the sun or moon is approximately 22 <a href="https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/sky-measurements-degrees-arc-minutes-arc-seconds/" target="_blank">degrees</a>.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marilynne, post: 774086, member: 10234"] [COLOR=#800080][FONT=comic sans ms][B]From EarthSky.org[/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [B]What causes halos?[/B] [COLOR=#151515][FONT='inherit']We get many messages throughout each year from people who’ve just spotted a large ring or circle of light around the sun or moon. Scientists call them [I]22-degree halos[/I]. They bear this name because the radius of the circle around the sun or moon is approximately 22 [URL="https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/sky-measurements-degrees-arc-minutes-arc-seconds/"]degrees[/URL].[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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