Sun Halo at Sixty-three Levels North

Elated Solstice! As of late is the December solstice, marking a giant starting of summer within the southern hemisphere and winter within the north. On its yearly trudge thru planet Earth’s skies, at this solstice the Sun reaches its southern most declination, 23.5 levels south, at 21: 48 UTC. About 4 days ago the Sun turned into terminate to this seasonal southern limit and so simplest true above the horizon at local noon over Ostersund in central Sweden. This survey searching over the a long way northern lakeside metropolis finds the noon Sun with an beautiful photo voltaic ice halo. Naturally occurring atmospheric ice crystals can form the intelligent halo shows, refracting and reflecting the sunlight thru their hexagonal geometry. Peaceable, with the Sun low and terminate to the horizon within the frightful sky, seemingly sources of the ice crystals producing this intense halo are snow cannons. Operating at a local ski dwelling, the snowmaking machines form a considered plume on the head of the nearby island Froson toward the accurate side of the panorama.