Sun halo over Japan

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A halo appears around the sun over children performing gymnastic exercises during a local school sports meet in Minami-Ashigara, Kanagawa Prefecture, about 70km southwest of Tokyo, on Tuesday, May 31, 2011. The atmospheric phenomenon called a 22-degree halo of the son is caused when sunlight is refracted in hexagonal ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. [CFP]

A halo appears around the sun over children performing gymnastic exercises during a local school sports meet in Minami-Ashigara, Kanagawa Prefecture, about 70km southwest of Tokyo, on Tuesday, May 31, 2011. The atmospheric phenomenon called a 22-degree halo of the son is caused when sunlight is refracted in hexagonal ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. [CFP]



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