GORGEOUS HALO OBSERVED EARLIER TODAY IN CARACAS, VENEZUELA! (credit: Meteodnevnik)

DISCUSSION: As clear to partly cloudy skies predominated during the early to mid-afternoon hours today in and around Caracas, Venezuela, the combination of assorted ice particles at the right angles higher up in the atmosphere and the proper reflection and refraction of sunlight off of these ice particles helps to create what was observed as a 22° halo!  Note the assortment of colors that is created through the process of light refraction in the upper atmosphere!  For more on additional neat content from across Central and South America, be sure to click here!