Yesterday was an amazing day as far as weather phenomenon went! I was out in my car looking for a parking space when I noticed everyone pointing up at the sky. I stopped my car, got out and had a look too. There was a huge ring around the sun, truly massive. It was a brilliant and amazing sight to witness. Halos are created by ice crystals that are present in the clouds. When the sun shines on these ice crystals, this beautiful halo effect is created. You can see more halo photos and read more about Solar Halos here.
The Halo above our house, you can see how large it was…
We also had an amazing rain storm last night.
Have an amazing day.
xo
Linda
PS I am having a SA Silly Sale on my Etsy shop now!
PS I am having a SA Silly Sale on my Etsy shop now!
Amazing photos, hope you were wearing your sunglasses when you took them.
Dear Frockfarie,
Thanks so much:) We all had sunglasses on and didn’t look directly at the sun:)
xo
Linda
This was an amazing experience hey Linds. I felt enormous energy beating down.
Have a great day
Sue
X
What splendor!
luckily you have us take this wonderful picture!
Breathtaking!
I’m so glad you had your camera handy so you could capture it and share with us.
Beautiful! I have never seen anything like it. Thank you for sharing that!
Wow that must have been amazing to witness! Also I did not know that you are in S. Africa! Wonderful!
~Samantha
Hi Samantha,
It was amazing, yes we are enjoying Spring at the moment:)
Take care
Linda
That looks so beautiful!
We woke to snow…which is beautiful too but just a tad nippy lol
great shots!! we see them every now and then above our house, but not quite to big.
have a great week
lisa
Wow fantastic pics Linda! My relatives in Joburg sent us some pics of the halo too.
Thanks for capturing it for us all to see
Carolyne
xxx
whaou! très beau
Amazing photographs!
Just – wow. Wow. I think it would have frightened me a little. I can see you, closing your eyes and holding the camera up to the sun – hoping you got the composition right.
By the way, I just want to tell you this: because of you, I now have friends for whom I feel great and real affection – one in Australia, one in Canada, one in the southern US states – and I never would have met them if it hadn’t been for what you’re doing with your blog. what an amazing thing. What an amazing service to us all.
Dear K
I was standing there holding my camera up to the sun and really, really hoping that I got the right shot:) I am so happy that you have made all these wonderful connections all over the world by visiting here, that really warms my heart, thank you so much for letting me know:) You are a wonderful friend.
Love
Linda
Beautiful Linda, some special energy light sent to all South Africans 🙂 xxx
Those are the most amazing photos. I would have stopped the car to have a look as well. Just fantastic.
Very cool! I’ve never heard of that before. Looks beautiful.
Wow what fantastic shots!!!! We have seen that here in FNQ and my weather expert husband of mine wants to know how cold it gets over there in SA??? I told him its about the same as us but he is not convinced about the ice crystals causing the phenomena???? Are you near Johannesburg?? It doesn’t snow there does it?
PS I have enjoyed creating new friends thru your blog also 🙂 Saw K over at Julies LCR originally….wool is keeping us all connected 🙂
Hi Baa-Me Kniits
We live in Johannesburg:) Our winters can sometimes reach -3 C. It doesn’t snow here really, the last time it snowed was in 2007 and it was just for a few hours:)
I am so glad you have also made new friendships through this blog, how wonderful:)
Take care
Linda
@pattyjeans here. My mother always called these Sun Dogs, usually we see them in winter here in the Canadian prairies – and I was always told that it meant that colder weather was coming.
Oh, the things you teach, Linda! That solar halo is astounding. And the friendships you help forge, with rainbow strands of wool (a blend of analogies from K and Baa-Me Kniits). Thank you.
Who would have thought ~ ice crystals around the sun? how cool and very, very beautiful…
…why didn’t they melt?
What a special experience. How wonderful to capture the awe of it in photos. Well done!
Parabéns seu blog é muito lindo beijos Brasileiros lu avanço
WOW!! I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like that! How cool!!