Rainbow Halo Around Sun
September 22, 2008 by Medan Indonesia
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Rainbow Around the Sun in Medan!
This is an amazing phenomenon that happened in Medan today right about 12 noon to about 1 pm. Everyone called or sms their friends and family members to look up into the bright blue sky of Medan to see this “Rainbow Halo around the Sun” also known as a “Sun Dog” by meteorologist.
And you can see everyone reaching out for the camera phone and point it to the sky to take this amazing sight of a perfect circle of rainbow around the sun. So we took out ours too just to show you here.
We took this picture from Sushi Tei Medan as you can see the signage of the restaurant in the picture and the date 22 Sep 2008 12.44pm
Rainbows after rain are very common but seeing this ranbow-like halo around the sun is very rare. It is actually the same physics in play here. The halos usually appeared when there are high clouds overhead. These Clouds are made of tiny ice crystals which refract the sunlight.
There was no rain today although it did rained heavily last night causing storms and several districts out of electricity when several “trafo” from the PLN exploded.
This photo is taken from our car to show you a better picture. It was difficult to take a full circle of the halo effect as it is really HUGE and prominent above the sky. As it is noon time, the Sun Dog is right above with a bright sun shining down.
Halos are also optical phenomena that appear near or around the Sun or Moon, and sometimes near other strong light sources such as street lights. There are many types of optical halos, but they are mostly caused by ice crystals in cold cirrus clouds located high (5-10 km, or 3-6 miles) in the upper troposphere. The particular shape and orientation of the crystals is responsible for the type of halo observed. Light is reflected and refracted by the ice crystals and may split up into colours because of dispersion, similarly to the rainbow.
We did wonder if this phenomenon was only viewable around Medan? or further… ? If anyone has any information please feel free to share them in the comments below.
More pictures of the Sun Dog – Halo Matahari in Medan
taken much further away to show you the perfect circle of Rainbow:
Ok, this picture here below should proof that this phenomenon is really in MEDAN with Rainbow Halo in te sky overlooking the water tower of Tirtanadi of Medan 
by Harian Analisa Medan
Another good picture taken at noon ( sun is larger and brighter ) But dont be mistaken, the black lines blocking the view are electrical lines commonly seen in hanging from house to house in Medan
Here is a video on the Rainbow Around the Sun
Another video taken from the roof top of Medan Indonesia of this phenomenom of Rainbow Halo around the Sun
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It is indeed beautiful and extremely fascinating. God is great. Allahu Akbar.
saya punya foto phenomena itu yang keliatan agak seru banget deh lain dari biasanya ….
Good photos, those are indeed ones of a sun dog. I have several sundog photos over the years, mostly due to ice in the Winter, but also a few in the Summer in Canada.
So sad, I missed it! But it really a wonderful phenomenon. God is great!
Sun Dog, one of God’s Creativity that shown to us. We have to say “Allohu Akbar……!” That’s so wonderful.
nice nice…sun dog it is…nice
beautiful
nicely done by god.
Thanks for posting on my blog !
Nice pictures indeed !
It’s wonderful
luar biasa..satu lagi keajaiban allah di tunjukan di bulan ramadhan…allahu akbar..
Oh my God!!!! beautiful..Allahu Akabar
I saw this rainbow around the moon tonite at about midnite to 1:30 am. we went to a spot where i may get married in a year and I am sorry I missed the sun in such wonder. I feel it was a sign. walking distance from our home and a phone call from my place I got to share this view iwth only a friend or too. Chattanooga Tennessee!
I saw this today 4/10/2009 at mytrle beach south carolina between 12 and 2. It is a pretty amazing sight.
It is pretty amazing, you would notice everyone pointing their camera & mobile phone at the sky for an amazing picture.
i saw this too. i live out in the usa down in florida and isaw this too. my grandmother called me and told me about it. u can see them better when you are wearing sunglasses.
We had a fabulous one in Oslo / Norway, too
amazing.
peace
This morning one appeared around the sun in (Jamaica) the caribbean, it lasted for approximately three hours everyone was taking pictures.
I live in Gahanna, Ohio, USA. My birthday was May 17th (yesterday) and while playing soccer noticed a Halo Rainbow around the sun and mentioned it to one of the officials and we both thought it was AWESOME! At the same time there was a 2nd rainbow below it that was more flattened than normal. But seeing 2 rainbows was quite a sight. Too bad I did not have my brand new camera w/ me.
It is truly an amazing site and the most amazing is that everyone around the world are able to experience it one time or another.
Thank you everyone here for sharing with us your sight and experience.
Keep reporting your experience and sight of the rainbow around the sun here so that we can share with everyone this beautiful sight.
My wife and I saw a rainbow around the sun in Marietta, Georgia on July 13, 2009 around 1:00 pm. We had never seen one before. Very cool.
We saw this today in Albuquerque, N.M. 6/18/2009. @ 1pm MDST.Beautiful!!
Fantastic! Thank you everyone for sharing their experience and sights of rainbow halo around the sun here. Keep reporting here and we can see how many sights there are. Cheers