Sunrise with Corona from Southern Central Mountains in Taiwan

A beautiful corona captured in February 'o3 by Edward Lin at Lidao, a small township in southern Central Mountain Range, Taiwan.

A corona forms as sunlight is diffracted by small particles, e.g. cloud droplets, small ice crystals. It is much smaller than 22 degrees halo.

日華乍現日出南橫

照片拍攝於2003年2月，南橫利稻。「華」是光線被高空中的微粒(如微小水滴或冰晶)繞射形成的現象，對太陽而言就叫日華，對月亮則是月華。「 華」比「暈」小許多，而且成因不同。