[plug] [OT] The sun

[garry]

They just mentioned it on the radio. Apparently caused by ice crystals in the 
very high (read vv cold) part of the atmosphere. Similar in theory to that 
which happens from water droplets, a rainbow.

HTH

Garry

On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 12:50, shayne oneill wrote:
> Hint guys: Sunglasses! The sun is WAY bright right now.
> But yeah. Big friggin rainbow around it. Never seen anything like it.
>
> Shayne.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Meyer" <meyerri at au1.ibm.com>
> To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 1:10 PM
> Subject: [plug] [OT] The sun
>
> > Has anybody gotten up from their Linux box (to put the post on-topic) and
> > taken a look outside at the sun? There's a huge disk around it. Never
> > seen that phenomenon before. Any idea what it is? Looks like Independence
> > Day.
> >
> > RichardM