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    Jun 11, 2020 4 minutes

    VE Day Sun halo

    ■ Hi HIW, I am very excited to tell you of an amazing phenomenon I saw on VE Day when trying to spot the scheduled Spitfire. When I looked into the sky, instead of a plane I saw a rainbow circling the Sun! After reading HIW I knew that this sort of event was caused by ice crystals in the upper atmosphere. What a coincidence that I was looking into the sky at that moment! I was lucky enough to take some mythical-looking pictures before the clouds ruined the halo. Sebastian Sprankling, aged 10

    This photograph from Sebastian shows the impressive phenomenon that is known as a Sun halo.

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