Optical Phenomenon News Today

A parhelia hovered above the tips of the Pinyon Mountains in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park this week, creating an atmospheric optical phenomenon.

If you've looked up at the sky at any point over the past few days you may have noticed a peculiar circle of light surrounding the sun or moon, known as a halo.

Conditions will be just right for the phenomenon to occur in early June.

Bill Nelson began asking NASA's scientists to investigate UFOs during his first month on the job, he said in an interview with CNN.

Highlights A solar halo is an optical phenomenon occurring due to the interaction of light with ice crystals suspended in the troposphere (layer of the atmosphere). Bengaluru: Mother nature is full of unique phenomenons and one of those is a solar halo which was witnessed by the people of Bengaluru on Monday (May 24, 2021) morning. People were stunned by seeing a rainbow coloured ring surrounding the sun, little did they know that they were witnessing an atmospheric optical phenomenon known a...

We’ve all been there. You see a lone trash bag on the corner of a street, waiting for the salvation of being taken out of sight, and for a moment, you’re like 99.9% sure it’s a dog. In fact, a dark-haired Australian shepherd. It’s still a bag, but you’d bet on your soul it’s not. First, you’re not going mad and second, the chances are, you have just experienced a phenomenon known as pareidolia. It happens when you see inanimate objects with faces or bearing some human-like appeara...