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ohmygiddyaunt.bsky.social
Moon circle! Circle around the moon! Called a 22° halo apparently! Moon ring!
Moon circle Moon circle 11:03 미 중 294 A 22° halo is an atmospheric optical phenomenon that consists of a halo with an apparent radius of approximately 22° around the Sun or Moon. Around the Sun, it may also be called a sun halo. (1) Around the Moon, it is also known as a moon ring, storm ring, or winter halo. It forms as sunlight or moonlight is refracted by millions of hexagonal ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. (2] Its radius, as viewed from Earth, is roughly the length of an outstretched hand at arm's length. [3] 11:03 미 중 294 In folklore, moon rings are said to warn of approaching storms. Like other ice halos, 22° halos appear when the sky is covered by thin cirrus or cirrostratus clouds that often come a few days before a large storm front. 8 However, the same clouds can also occur without any associated weather change, making a 22° halo unreliable as a sign of bad weather. [citation needed] 22° solar halo with parhelia and lower tangent arc
February 2, 2026 at 4:05 AM
uncannymagazine.bsky.social
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Cover for Issue 63 of Uncanny Magazine, art by Galen Dara titled "Blessed Universe." The central figure wears purple and silver priestly robes with a bright sun-like circle in the center of their chest. Splashes of dark purple criss-cross across the robes. They have their hands outstretched palm up, a glowing spot on each emits white vapor-like smoke. The figure appears to have dark purple tears streaming from their eyes flowing down their chin and neck. Their hair appears as a dark purple halo with planet-like spheres within, and more vapors trail upwards. They stand in front of a portal-like arch of silver, and in the background purple splashes resemble gas clouds, light purple circles resemble planets, and bright light pinpoints with white trails resemble stars. The words "March/April 2025" and "Issue Sixty-Three" are at top. The list of credits is on the bottom Michael Damian Thomas
February 2, 2026 at 1:25 AM
uncannymagazine.bsky.social
ICYMI, Congratulations to Sarah Pinsker! Sarah's novelette “The Millay Illusion” is on the 2025 Locus Recommended Reading List! You can read it here! buff.ly/9EmK4rt
The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 67, "Mushroom Mother of Us All" by Paul Lewin: In the center, an elderly Black woman has her eyes serenely closed, a brown-orange nose piercing on her right nostril and an orange line/mark on her chin. Her hair are the green leaves of trees, trunks growing out of the side of her face, and mushrooms growing through the leaves. She wears large earrings of orange, sienna, with aqua and white lines and dots. Her hands hold a bowl lined with Black faces and mushrooms growing out of the bowl. In the center of the bowl and thus the front of her chest is an orange sun surrounded by a dark pink halo like a globe. The quote reads: "Susanna was the only one among the illusionists I’ve worked with in my career whose illusions ever felt like true magic to me; she alone allowed me to tap into that wonder our audiences pay us to experience."
February 2, 2026 at 1:10 AM
micowhiplash.bsky.social
The blorbos in question
#aasimar #fallenaasimar #vampire #dungeonsanddragons #myart #OC
This is Salem, a fair skinned aasimar with wings that resemble stained glass. They are bright, sunny and have a saft smile on their face. They are wearing a pearl white dress with gold accents. They have a very distinct sun shaped mask and vestments for their god, Palor. This is Sabry. A very pale fallen aasimar vampire. Their pallet is very monocolor, sporting a small range of pastel purples. Their wings are made of pale bone and ghostly feathers, they wield a very large scythe, and wear a broken halo upon their head.
February 2, 2026 at 12:17 AM
sylvie-fiddlefen.bsky.social
Azgirathina, Queen of New Avernus. Once the Prince of Hell, now the redeemed ruler of its wrested plane.

She's basically a reverse-devil, so instead of tempting people into evil, she tempts people into doing good.

"Yes, go on, help that old woman across the street. You know you want to."

#art
Digital artwork of Azgirathina (OC, she/her), Queen of New Avernus. She appears in the form of a pale-skinned human woman draped with angel wings and wearing halo bracelets around her wrists and ankles. She has yellow eyes with black sclera and horns that glow golden and curve in the general shape of a halo. Her hair wreathes as red and golden flames from her head, extending into large butterfly-like wings with white eyes. The backgroudn is a cascade of orange dusty clouds lit by a sun from above.
February 1, 2026 at 7:41 PM
copacetic-vibe.bsky.social
#weather #clouds
Blazing winter sun washed out in the sky, creating a halo glare over bare trees. Clear but hazy atmosphere with lens flare, snow on the ground, and a stark, high-contrast midday feel. Clear, deep blue winter sky over snow-covered ground, with bare trees and evergreens along the horizon. Bright, calm midday scene with crisp visibility and no clouds. Thin, wispy cloud bands drifting across a pale blue winter sky above bare trees. Quiet, cold midday scene with soft haze and muted contrast. Clear, cold late-morning conditions: 16°F with a 7°F wind chill, light south wind ~7 mph (gusts to 14). Very dry air (dew point 8°F), excellent visibility, minimal clouds (4%), no fog or precipitation, and about 7 inches of snow on the ground.
February 1, 2026 at 5:21 PM
uncannymagazine.bsky.social
Congratulations to Sarah Pinsker! Sarah's novelette “The Millay Illusion” is on the 2025 Locus Recommended Reading List! You can read it here! buff.ly/9EmK4rt
The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 67, "Mushroom Mother of Us All" by Paul Lewin: In the center, an elderly Black woman has her eyes serenely closed, a brown-orange nose piercing on her right nostril and an orange line/mark on her chin. Her hair are the green leaves of trees, trunks growing out of the side of her face, and mushrooms growing through the leaves. She wears large earrings of orange, sienna, with aqua and white lines and dots. Her hands hold a bowl lined with Black faces and mushrooms growing out of the bowl. In the center of the bowl and thus the front of her chest is an orange sun surrounded by a dark pink halo like a globe. The quote reads: "Susanna was the only one among the illusionists I’ve worked with in my career whose illusions ever felt like true magic to me; she alone allowed me to tap into that wonder our audiences pay us to experience."
February 1, 2026 at 5:20 PM
uncannymagazine.bsky.social
ICYMI! Reading for the Uncanny Magazine Poll? Try the short story "Who Are You Wearing?" by Russell Nichols! You can read it here! buff.ly/nT8iyHE
The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 67, "Mushroom Mother of Us All" by Paul Lewin: In the center, an elderly Black woman has her eyes serenely closed, a brown-orange nose piercing on her right nostril and an orange line/mark on her chin. Her hair are the green leaves of trees, trunks growing out of the side of her face, and mushrooms growing through the leaves. She wears large earrings of orange, sienna, with aqua and white lines and dots. Her hands hold a bowl lined with Black faces and mushrooms growing out of the bowl. In the center of the bowl and thus the front of her chest is an orange sun surrounded by a dark pink halo like a globe. The quote reads: "As usual, Nadia wants to join you. In her eyes, what you do is superhero work. As you walk her to school, she explains how, just last Friday, she beat a seventh-grade boy in arm-wrestling. She flexes. 'I’m strong, you know.'"
February 1, 2026 at 5:06 PM
thestenchofrain.bsky.social
I absolutely love the halo forming in the sun ray, a beautiful touch.
February 1, 2026 at 2:43 PM
jpletzfeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
#silentsunday

#pletzfeldnature #photography #nature #naturephotography #landscape #landscapephotography #darktable #mywork #myphoto
The photograph captures a peaceful, cold winter morning in an open rural landscape. The sun is low in the sky, shining brightly but softly through a thin veil of frost and mist, creating a glowing halo of golden light around it. Long, delicate rays spread outward, giving the scene a quiet, almost magical warmth despite the freezing temperatures. In the foreground and middle of the image stands a sparse orchard of bare, leafless fruit trees, their dark, gnarled branches and trunks covered in a thick layer of sparkling white hoarfrost. Every twig and branch looks sugar-coated or delicately rimed, catching the sunlight and contrasting sharply against the pale blue-gray sky. The ground is a wide, flat meadow, lightly dusted with frost and patches of dry winter grass that appear pale beige to golden in the low sunlight. A very faint layer of morning mist or freezing fog still lingers close to the ground, softening the distant horizon. Far in the background, a gentle line of wooded hills or low mountains can be sensed rather than sharply seen, blurred by distance and the remaining mist. A single, bright white contrail from a high airplane cuts diagonally across the upper part of the deep blue sky, adding one sharp, modern line to an otherwise timeless natural scene. The overall mood is calm, crisp, serene and slightly melancholic — a classic frosty winter sunrise in the countryside.
February 1, 2026 at 1:31 PM
thorirpp.bsky.social
This shot with the sun in the background, creating a halo around the skull. Pure art
February 1, 2026 at 9:55 AM
hincaru.bsky.social
🌇

#Apollustration #hincarudraws
Apollo bugman leaning against a brick wall with a mocking expression and his tongue is out. It looks like there’s decorative sun rays coming from behind his head mocking a halo. I hate this guy.
February 1, 2026 at 6:26 AM
kasyrah.bsky.social
hope youre all having a good weekend!! please take this time to take care of yourself and get some rest, you deserve it 🫶 its time for solace and respite for the weary-- so decrees the goddess of sunrise! 🌅
Kasyrah, the sunrise goddess, who has long white hair that fades into blue, blue and yellow eyes, golden wing ears, and a golden halo that resembles sun rays behind her head. She has her fingers positioned into a heart.
February 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
inplacesdeep.bsky.social
"lol lmao got y'all's asses lol"
A depiction of a gem containing Yaldabaoth with the sun as a halo and flanked by a moon and star
February 1, 2026 at 3:00 AM
infinite8horizon.com
😄
I've just been tidying up iPhone downloads and discovered I had a partial sun halo from a week ago (that I'd already forgotten about 🤦)
Partial sun halo Partial sun halo detail
February 1, 2026 at 2:18 AM
jeephater3000.bsky.social
be so fucking for real.
A panel from one of the recent releases of Hello From Halo Head, featuring Pepper, an anthropomorphic dog, clutching his (lol.) head on a couch in the morning sun and saying, “man.”
February 1, 2026 at 1:34 AM
rabbit-fighter.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy
#caturday #catsofmastodon
January 31, 2026 at 6:18 PM
joypadjoe.bsky.social
Finally finished week 7 of #C25K! Also on today's run I didn't nearly KO a small child or nearly get run over, like the first and second run this week, respectively, so even more win.
Me after a run in running gear with a wet suburban street behind me. There's a grey sky but also the sun is kinda causing a halo thing behind my head? Unintentional yet still blasphemous.
January 31, 2026 at 10:32 AM
infinite8horizon.com
👍
Don't have any parhelia, but I have a sun pillar and a moon halo
A sun pillar Moon halo
January 31, 2026 at 7:12 AM
rainorshine99.bsky.social
Here’s my Sun Halo from yesterday to help celebrate! 😎👍
Ice crystals and a prism effect in wispy clouds create a colorful halo around the Sun just prior to sunset as seen out my apartment window on a late winter afternoon in January.
January 31, 2026 at 1:31 AM
xredmoon.com
[oc] #30 - Helios

the progenitor of the sun; it has the power to open a gateway called the vortex. keeper of a herd of magical "cattle".

i went into this day with the plan to carve whoever i rolled for in my pumpkin! getting a sun god was perfect.
[ #xredmoonart #OCtober #OCsky #furryart ]
a photograph of a carved pumpkin featuring a feline-like god with a halo and wings. it's glowing a WIP progress photograph of the same pumpkin carving of the feline-like sun god.
January 31, 2026 at 12:39 AM
chrisbecke.bsky.social
Strong lunar halo again tonight as the snow storm approaches. And a bit of a solar halo earlier today.

Williamsburg VA

#Fujifilm X-T4. XF 8-16mm
Lunar halo in hazy sky above bare trees in the foreground Closer view of Lunar halo in hazy sky above bare trees in the foreground Hazy daytime sky. Slight solar halo with colors at peak. Sun blocked by trees.
January 30, 2026 at 11:45 PM
luxomancer.bsky.social
Sundogs and 22 degree halo.

February, 2024 South #Georgia

#photography
#Skies
#WeatherPhenomena
#Winter
#WinterSkies
A photograph of a sundog, an optical effect where the sun shining through high altitude ice crystals produces bright spots on either side of the sin . Also present is a 22 degree perihelial arc, a ring around the sun with a pillar of light through the middle.
January 30, 2026 at 9:40 PM
z3r0gravitas.bsky.social
Behold Jupiter and its moons Ganymede, Io and Calisto!

I did not think about my new 450mm equivalent (at max zoom) telephoto lens enabling my old 16.2MP SLR to image these, when I snapped the bright dot on a whim!

Details in image [ALT]s... #MEcfsEgress DailyNaturePics 241
To pick out the moons, I used the brightest aperture, shutter speed and ISO setting that I could. Without adding too much noise or shake. (Casual hand-held at 1/60th of a second F5.6. ISO not reported, maybe issue with the D5100 camera.) Europa is mostly hidden, bottom left, in Jupiter’s halo. This was just stood out back, looking over the house, getting cold in the frigged air while my dinner was cooking. This is the best I could do, trying to resolve details of Jupiter's cloud structure. Stopping all the settings waaaay down, by comparison... Jupiter is actually 3-4 times more reflective than our Moon. But much further from the sun, so less illuminated. I think we can see the darker poles, top left and bottom right, of this unimpressive beige blob. I was just thrilled to clearly resolve the disk of any planetary body! Stellarium (free Android app) screenshot, zoomed in and looking at the same spot, at the same time. To confirm what I was seeing. Our Moon for reference; nothing amazing in terms of zoom (or setup). I enjoy it more, a little softer looking, in the evening sky. Wish I'd had this lens for a couple of other Moon shots I've posted previously.
January 30, 2026 at 7:05 PM
joeywingster.bsky.social
Cuties.

I'm afraid if Nice is the one in the sun, his hair will glow like a halo over Lin Ling.
January 30, 2026 at 6:07 PM