Meanwhile, rising in the east...

This is a 22-degree diffraction halo around the Sun, which you can just make out (look to the left of the utility pole). The bright arc above the clouds was created by either water vapor or ice crystals in a thin cloud layer. If there'd been less dense cloud cover, then there would've been a complete ring around the Sun at a distance of 22 degrees from the centerpoint... like this:















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