This is something most of us willnever see and it is dramatic and well worth it. Enjoy the pictures.
The sun as you rarely see it... through millions of ice crystals calleddiamond dust
Last updated at 8:25 AM on 12th January 2011
This amazing sunset with a difference is a phenomenon than can arisewhen you view the sun through millions of ice crystals.
As water freezes in the upper atmosphere, millions of small, six-sidedice crystals - known as diamond dust - flutter to the ground.
And at the approach of either sunrise or sunset, this is what anobserver passing through the same plane as the falling crystals will see.
Sunset with a difference: This dazzling halo was taken in Stockholm , Sweden
Each crystal acts like a miniature lens, refracting the eye's viewof sunlight and creating the phenomena known as sundogs.
The dramatic effect is also referred to a mock sun or a phantom sun.
This sun halo image was taken in Stockholm , Sweden
Also visible is a bright 22 degree halo - as well as the rarer and muchfainter 46 degree halo - also created by sunlight reflecting off atmosphericice crystals.
Sundogs can be seen around the world as long as the conditions aresuitable.
Sundogs: Famous painting Vädersolstavlan believed to be the oldestpicture of the phenomena - and the first landscape portrait of Stockholm
A famous Swedish painting from Stockholm
It is also the oldest landscape painting of Stockholm
However, a 1636 copy by Jacob Heinrich Elbfas is thought to be anaccurate recreation of the original and has been restored in recent years.
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