Man Photographs "Ice Halo" Around The Sun In Swiss Alps

Photographer Michael Schneider snapped a stunning image the moment the moment ice crystals froze midair. The event formed a 22° halo, which occurs when light interacts with ice crystals suspended in the air. The image was taken using a simple iPhone 11 while he was skiing down Hörnligrat in the Swiss Alps.

Michael Schneider used just an iPhone 11 and snapped a stunning image the moment the moment ice crystals froze midair, creating a perfect 'halo' around the sun. The optical phenomenon, which is actually known as a 22° halo, occurs when light interacts with ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. He said that 'I quickly realized that a halo was developing in the backlight to the Sun, initially very inconspicuous until this light phenomenon increased incredibly,' Schneider said in comments obtained by SWNS. 'I was fascinated by the two rings around the Sun and the many light reflections.' 'The sun had been struggling through the last snow clouds for about an hour,' Schneider explained on his blog.