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What’s that bright object in the sky?
A common question with
answers that vary by time and season, the quick answer
just after sunset in middle of last month, from the norther hemisphere, was Mars.
The above picturesque panorama, taken during a ski trip from the
Alps in
Switzerland,
shows not only
Mars, but much more.
Pine trees [...]

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A Sun Halo Over Cambodia

by Father Sky on February 9, 2010

Have you ever seen a halo around the Sun?
This fairly common sight occurs when high thin clouds containing millions of tiny
ice crystals cover much of the sky.
Each
ice crystal acts like a
miniature lens.
Because
most
of the crystals have a similar elongated
hexagonal
shape, light entering one crystal face and exiting
through [...]

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Sky photo taken by Bhutan-360.

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