FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT
SIVASAGAR, May 10: A mysterious sight with red and blue ring around the sun was sighted on Tuesday afternoon in Sivasagar.
Around 12 noon, several people in Sivasagar reported seeing a rainbow halo ring around the sun. The excitement was palpable with people wasting no time to click pictures .
According to sources, the phenomenon popularly known as the 22 degree halo of the sun or occasiolly the Moon (also called a moon ring or winter halo), occurs when the sun’s or moon’s rays get deflected or refracted through the hexagol ice crystals present in cirrus clouds. These kind of cirrus clouds are generally formed when water vapour freezes into ice crystals at altitudes five to ten kilometers above the earth’s surface. Though it is very common phenomenon in the cold countries, but in our country its occurrence is rare and cannot be predicted.
The red and blue ring around the sun was seen for more than an hour from 12:05 pm.