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Ice halos in history and superstition plus fire halos
Author(s) -
Zinkova Mila
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
weather
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.467
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1477-8696
pISSN - 0043-1656
DOI - 10.1002/wea.3232
Subject(s) - halo , superstition , smoke , astrobiology , environmental science , meteorology , astronomy , geography , physics , archaeology , galaxy
It is a well‐known fact that sometimes a halo display heralds an approaching cyclone, but could a halo display be an indicator of the presence of wildfire smoke and poor air quality? This article presents a few examples of unusual solar halos that formed over altocumulus clouds and were probably associated with the smoke created by wildfires burning in California. The article also discusses why superstitions associated with relatively common ice halos have persisted for centuries.