Have you ever looked up and spotted a large ring of light around the sun or moon? Scientists refer to these as 22-degree halos. They got that name because the radius of the circle is always approximately 22 degrees.

There’s an old weather saying: ring around the moon means rain soon. There’s truth to this saying, because high cirrus clouds often come before a storm. Notice in these photos that the sky looks fairly clear. After all, you can see the sun or moon. And yet halos are a sign of high, thin cirrus clouds drifting 20,000 feet (6 km) or more above our heads.

These clouds contain millions of tiny ice crystals. The halos you see are caused by both refraction, or splitting of light, and also by reflection, or glints of light from these ice crystals. The crystals must be oriented and positioned just so with respect to your eye, for the halo to appear.

That’s why, like rainbows, halos around the sun – or moon – are personal. Everyone sees their own unique halo, made by the ice crystals from their point of view. So they are different from the ice crystals making the halo of a person standing next to you.

My Lunar Halo jewelry collection is made up of beautiful, wintery and celestial hues. Including Labradorite, Moonstone, Iolite, Sapphire and Blue Topaz. Each piece is unique and personal, just like a Lunar Halo.

This pair of earrings includes Gemstones Blue Topaz and Labradorite. The Labradorite has a deep and striking blue hue and is of AAA quality. The earrings are a post earring, measuring 2” in length and made in sterling silver.