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RE: Ring around the sun it's really amazing better life with better diary game
Halos are caused by cirrus clouds
Those thin cirrus clouds are around 20,000 feet or higher above us. They are made of tiny, ice crystals. Sunlight through the ice crystals causes the light to split, or be refracted. When at just the right angle, it causes us to see the halo.