The video has garnered over 1.6 million views and over 73,000 likes.
A stunning video showing a rare and mysterious solar halo atop a snow-capped mountain in Sweden is going viral on social media. The clip was shared on Twitter by a user ‘The Fizen’ on Monday. Since then, the post has garnered over 1.6 million views and over 73,000 likes.
Incredible footage shows skiers on top of the mountain showing two circles of bright light in the sky. One of the circles was inside the other, and each circle had bright sundogs—or bright spots of light—at the top, bottom, left, and right points.
“A very rare solar halo is seen on top of a mountain in Sweden,” read the caption of the post.
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A very rare solar halo is seen on top of a mountain in Sweden. pic.twitter.com/sHQ8cC4FI5
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) 24 October 2022
The breathtaking video was actually captured in 2017 by a photographer at the Swedish ski resort of Vemdalen. However, the clip went viral again this week and reminded internet users that the beauty of nature is timeless.
“Beautiful and breathtaking,” wrote one user. “Wow, to be there would have been awe-inspiring,” added another.
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A third user explained, “The phenomenon is named Sun Dog. It is caused by the refraction of sunlight into ice crystals in the atmosphere”. The fourth simply commented, “Nature is great!!”
Meanwhile, according to Newsweek, the Sun’s halo, also known as the ’22 degree halo’, is an optical phenomenon. They are commonly observed in cold environments and are caused by the refraction of sunlight into millions of hexagonal ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. It takes the form of a ring around the Sun or the Moon with a radius of about 22 degrees.
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