While several provinces‚ including Mpumalanga‚ Gauteng‚ the Free State and North West are experiencing cloudy conditions on Monday‚ residents of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape have reported something rather peculiar in their clear blue skies.
The SA Weather Service has sent out a message explaining what the ring seen around the sun is believed to be.
"This phenomena is called a halo‚ which is produced by the refraction of light by ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere‚" the weather service said.
Have you seen the ring around the sun?
While several provinces‚ including Mpumalanga‚ Gauteng‚ the Free State and North West are experiencing cloudy conditions on Monday‚ residents of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape have reported something rather peculiar in their clear blue skies.
The SA Weather Service has sent out a message explaining what the ring seen around the sun is believed to be.
"This phenomena is called a halo‚ which is produced by the refraction of light by ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere‚" the weather service said.