A solar ring decorates the sky Thursday morning above Common Pleas Courthouse Park in Cape Girardeau. The ring is caused by ice crystals within thin cirrus clouds.
Fred Lynch
A solar ring decorates the sky Thursday morning, Feb. 18, 2010, above Common Pleas Courthouse Park in Cape Girardeau. The ring is caused by ice crystals within thin cirrus clouds. Such crystals can also cause rings to appear around the moon. (Fred Lynch)
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