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This phenomenon is called “Parhelia” — for more on that go here.
These were all recorded a few days or less prior to Hurricane Sandy making landfall.
NASA solar physicist David Hathaway captured the above photo in Huntsville, Alabama two days ago after seeing the strange rings surrounding the afternoon sun.
NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office head Bill Cooke says that he had, “never seen anything quite like it.” Another onlooker, Kyle Winkleman, called it a “once-in-a-decade event.”
Every Day is Earth Day
2012-11-09 07:25:49
Source: http://www.riseearth.com/2012/11/strange-sky-phenomenon-recorded-across.html