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Over Moscow appeared about the sun

Added	Sat, 07/01/2017
Источники	gismeteo.ru
Дата публикации	Fri, 06/01/2017
Версии	Halo

Established in Moscow very cold weather allows you to watch the beautiful optical phenomenon false sun, light poles and purple sunset.

So the day January 6, at a temperature of -25 over Moscow appeared winter rainbow — or rather, about the sun. Currently in Northern Europe, widespread light poles. Low temperatures and some moisture are favorable conditions for the formation suspended in the atmosphere, the hexagonal columnar ice crystals. Refracted the light from any source ― whether the Sun, the Moon or city lights ― gives an optical effect which is a vertical band of light.

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