In this week's Science Sunday we're talking about atmospheric optics. Winter is the best chance for us to see some fascinating phenomena like halos. So what is a solar halo? And how does it form? Well to better understand how the atmosphere produces these bursts of color, we need to first understand light, check it out:
Science Sunday: Understanding Atmospheric Optics
Learn more about what causes halos, sundogs and sun pillars:
Explore even more atmospheric phenomena like tangent arcs and parhelic circles