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Jharkhand news digest: State witnesses ‘22 degree Sun Halo’
26/04/2021 08:37 PM | Click to read full article
Jharkhand residents witnessed a bright ring formed around the blazing sun on Monday, a rare optical phenomenon called 22 degree Sun Halo.
The ‘Sun Halo,’ a circle of light with 22 degree radius, is produced when sun light is refracted in hexagonal suspended ice crystals and super cool water droplets formed in the cirrus clouds. Apart from Ranchi, it was seen in areas like Hazaribagh, Latehar, Gumla.
