"Angel lights" filmed in the mountains of Switzerland

Skier Ludwig Lundin mountain resort in Switzerland filmed natural optical phenomenon of the halo is a luminous ring around the Sun. Skier posted a video of an unusual natural phenomenon on his page in Facebook.

Followers immediately responded:

"It helps to understand people who believe in angels. If you know nothing about it, of course, think that it is something from another world."

A halo is an optical phenomenon, the glowing ring around the light source. In simple words – rainbow around the sun. Familiar to us a rainbow is formed using water droplets, halo with tiny ice crystals. A similar phenomenon can be observed at any time of day and year. A halo may form around the sun or moon, and around lights and lamps.

In the old days such phenomena were often attributed a mystical value. As halo can take many forms – it all depends on the light source and the angle – people have seen "the finger of fate" appeared in the sky an unusual phenomenon in the form of a cross or sword. The case when the army of Charles V during the siege of Magdeburg saw a halo in the form of a second sun, and took this phenomenon as a divine protection of the city. As a result, the soldiers panicked and the siege was lifted.

Translated by «Yandex.Translator»