Solar halo around Buddha statue leaves people awestruck
Residents of a regional Chinese town were left amazed by a huge, bright solar halo which seemed to crown a Buddhist temple monument.
The naturally-occurring marvel appeared above the Guiyuan Buddhist Temple in Wuhan, central China, on January 26 and lit up the sky with its colours, according to a report from People's Daily Online.
The rare 'Buddha's halo', which appears like a circular rainbow, rendered local people awe-struck and gazing up into the atmosphere.
Chinese social media lit up when a similar phenomenon appeared above Beijing in September 2015, with many not understanding it.
Solar halos, also known as 'sundogs' or 'mock suns', are caused by bright sunlight refracting through thin Cirrostratus clouds in the sky.
The official given name is 'pathelia' and the spectacle begins to be formed when rays of light pass through ice crystals 20,000 feet up.
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