Check out the sky above Chiang Mai!

[Vogele123]

Anyone around CM, go take a look at the sun!

There are some amazing views up there.

[T_Dog]

Now my eyes hurt! What did I miss?

[gerry123]

bit of a moonie myself

[Vogele123]

I managed to get a few shots before it disappeared

Never seen anything like it!

[Tywais]

Nice catch with the photos. That is a solar halo and believe that specific type is a 22° Circular Halo.

Earthsky

Atoptics

[Vogele123]

Nice catch with the photos. That is a solar halo and believe that specific type is a 22° Circular Halo.

Earthsky

Atoptics

Cheers! I had no idea what it was and had never seen anything like it before.

Solar Halo, well you learn something new everyday.

Thanks for that.

[gerry123]

sorry about my first post an attempt to reply in a similar vane as i thought the op was in but now i see this is serious

wow well stone me

[Shurup]

Have seen one some years ago in Northern Canada or Alaska, don't remember where I was at the time.

[Shurup]

Yup it was in Yukon.

[jumbo]

I think it is air pollution, quite common in CM

[siam2007]

Great you can see the sun again in CM after the usual several months of haze.

If not for the Chinese mainlander hordes, I would even consider to visit again ;-)

[NeverSure]

Nice photos, guys. Great instinct and technique on the exposures.

[doublephil]

Solar halos are not caused by pollution - they are caused by very thin clouds made of ice crystals in the upper atmosphere

[LNKDES1]

"Earthlings, we come in peace."

[Saan]

Nice catch with the photos. That is a solar halo and believe that specific type is a 22° Circular Halo.

Earthsky

Atoptics

Spoilsport. I thought it was something mystical.

[Thailand]

9.15am

[snowflake]

First time I saw that was on a motorbike ride with a mate in Thailand, we were almost at the ferry to Songkhla... Amazing view...

[phazey]

"Earthlings, we come in peace."

Is there any intelligent life on Earth?

- Yes, but we're only visiting....

[shaurene]

You can see these halo's around the sun or the moon it happens due to moisture and depending how big the rings are will tell you how long before rain will come.

[Vogele123]

I used a GoPro camera on standard HD settings, everything set to automatic, no clever fiddling with exposure or any of that malarkey.

Managed to pull a nice still from the video I shot, check out the 6 intersecting arcs to the right of the actual halo - they were as clear as aircraft jet trails, they made perfect ellipses for miles across the sky.

Amazing site. (apparently my son reckons these are pretty common here????)

[Tarteso]

Is a Refractive phenomenon by ice crystals suspended in the troposphere. .

[LennyW]

Quite common to see in Thailand around this time of year, quite often the sign of an impending storm.

[TG911]

Beautiful Lunar Circles. They look amazing.

In February I saw this one on Koh Lipe during daytime, but around the Sun! That was a new one to me.

[Beetlejuice]

Solar halos are not caused by pollution - they are caused by very thin clouds made of ice crystals in the upper atmosphere

Yes, it`s similar to a lunar corona.

Seeing something like this is extremely rare, I have never been lucky enough to have witness such an event.

Brilliant photos that I think are worth sending to a newspaper or magazine that I am should will be interested.

Congratulations and well done for catching this amazing event on camera.