SIGNS IN THE HEAVENS: Weather Phenomenon - Enormous Halo Seen Around The Moon In Horsham, Australia!

© Lynton Brown

April 15, 2016 - AUSTRALIA - Lynton Brown caught this 22-degree lunar halo this week and posted it to EarthSky Facebook.

We see many, many photos of this type of halo - both around the sun and moon - which happen all over the world due to the presence of ice crystals in high cirrus clouds.

Les Cowley of the website Atmospheric Optics wrote:

... 22-degree radius halos are visible all over the world and throughout the year.

Look out for them (eye care!) whenever the sky is wisped or hazed with thin cirrus clouds.

These clouds are cold and contain ice crystals in even the hottest climes.

The halo is large. Stretch out the fingers of your hand at arms length.

The tips of the thumb and little finger then subtend roughly 20 degrees.

Place your thumb over the the sun [or moon] and the halo will be near the little finger tip.

Thank you Lynton, for sharing this with us!

- Earth Sky.

GEOLOGICAL UPHEAVAL: More Sinkholes Keep Popping Up Across The United Kingdom - Horse Rescued After Getting Stuck In 6 Foot Deep Sinkhole In Horsham And Lorry Falls Into Sinkhole In Gillingham, Kent!

March 24, 2014 - UNITED KINGDOM - The following stories are the latest reports of sinkholes in the United States over the last few days:

Horse Rescued After Getting Stuck In 6 Foot Deep Sinkhole In Horsham

Horse rescued after getting stuck in sink hole for hours

An elderly horse was rescued after getting stuck in a six foot ditch for several hours in Bashurst Hill near Horsham on Saturday.

Firefighters, including four specialist officers, spent four hours yesterday afternoon getting the horse out of the sink hole using winching equipment.

The horse was left in the care of its owner and vet. - The Argus.

Lorry Falls Into Sinkhole In Gillingham, Kent

The road after the lorry was removed.
Nathan Wyatt

This is the huge hole left in a road after the back of a tipper truck fell down a sinkhole in Gillingham.

The hole appeared on Medway Road as it meets Prince Arthur Road, near MidKent College, this morning at about 8.15am and all four wheels on the back of the lorry have fallen down it.

Nathan Wyatt

The vehicle, which was stuck in the gap at a 45 degree angle, is thought to be a hired vehicle being leased by the Gallagher Group, a civil engineering business based in Kent.

The driver of the truck was able to get out of his lorry without injuring himself, but police had to close the road.

A police spokesman said: "The road is thought to be unstable and has been closed to all traffic."


 WATCH: Gillingham sinkhole.

Traffic was diverted along Mill Road, to Brompton Road until the truck could be moved.

A HGV lorry with a crane on the back lifted the vehicle out from the gap while highways engineers assessed the damage.

Police said they hoped at least one carriageway of the road would reopen this afternoon. - Kent Online.