A rare halo around the sun!

I walked outside to look for clouds for my tag challenge and noticed a rainbow around the sun - this is not a sun flare on the camera. Very cool. Can't say I have ever seen that before. I didn't get a cloud picture, but I got this shot. For Six Word Story 21.

[Jen Hudson]

What an unusual sight. Well caught.

[Lisa Poland]

@jennywren Yes, it is. I looked up and said, "oooh a rainbow...." then I realized it was going around the sun. Very strange.

[Rick Schies]

An awesome capture

[Joan Robillard]

Beautiful

[Lisa Poland]

@digitalrn @joansmor Thanks!

[linda]

wow they are quite rare great capture

[Lisa Poland]

@pinkpaintpot Thanks!

[Paula McLaughlin]

Kind of strange but it looks really cool in your photo!

[Sue Wilde]

It has a special name, which I've totally forgotten...super catch

[Kerri Michaels]

nice!!

[Lisa Poland]

@paulam Thanks!
@swilde A halo. I Googled it! LOL! They say it's caused by ice crystals in the atmosphere. Apparently there are clouds up there that I couldn't see.
@moviegal1 Thanks!

[Poppo Livy]

Great halo shot Lisa. Have a look at Kane's shot at http://365project.org/karlow75/365/2014-11-03

[Lisa Poland]

@terryliv HIs shot is awesome. I had never seen one before. Too bad the trees are blocking the bottom of my halo. The full halo is pretty sweet!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Great shot Lisa! What a beautiful thing to see!

[Lisa Poland]

@olivetreeann Thanks! It was a pretty cool find!