A circle was formed around the sun, which scientists call Solar Halo or Solar Ring. Awed with this circle around the sun, people started capturing the solar ring with their cameras and shared them on social media sharing pictures and funny captions with it. It was first seen around 11 a.m. and lasted for over an hour, in which time Bengaluru residents flooded social media with pictures of the rare phenomenon. Amidst such challenging times of #COVID19, this majestic optical phenomenon #SunHalo, witnessed across #Bengaluru, definitely brightened up the day! Sun Halo, also known as '22 degree halo', is an optical phenomenon that occurs due to sunlight refracting in millions of hexagonal ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere.

Source: dna May 24, 2021 15:00 UTC