Image:410px-Sun halo optical phenomenon.jpg

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  • Description: A magnificent halo South Pole Station is visible in the background
  • Source: http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/historic/nws/wea00196.htm
  • Image ID: wea00196, Historic NWS Collection
  • Location: Looking North from the South Pole
  • Photo Date: December 21, 1980
  • Photographer: Lieutenant (j.g.) Cindy McFee, NOAA Corps

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Image of a halo around the sun from the NOAA Photo Library, part of the National Weather Service Weather Wonders collection.

Taken by Lieutenant JG Cindy McFee, NOAA Corps, 21 December 1980, looking north near the South Pole. Image ID is wea00196.

The structures visible in the background are part of the South Pole Station.

Source Location: NOAA.

NOAA Photo Library photos are public domain but require credit when used.


Public domain This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, taken or made during the course of an employee's official duties.

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18:38, 18 March 2005410×600 (36 KB)Aphaia ({{GFDL}} http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sun_halo_optical_phenomenon.jpg , http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/historic/nws/wea00196.htm , by US-gov(NOAA), by Neurophyre and Chris 73, modified by Mats Halldin)