Your photos and video: Halo (or ring, or rainbow) around the sun draws attention skyward on the High Desert
![Solar ring NE Bend Michelle Cubero 5-18](https://ktvz.b-cdn.net/2024/05/Solar-ring-NE-Bend-Michelle-Cubero-5-18.jpg)
![Ring around sun Kathy Oberst 5-18](https://ktvz.b-cdn.net/2024/05/Ring-around-sun-Kathy-Oberst-5-18.jpg)
![Circle around sun Cynthia Neaderhiser 5-18](https://ktvz.b-cdn.net/2024/05/Circle-around-sun-Cynthia-Neaderhiser-5-18.jpg)
![Sunbow Sunriver Brigitte Bourret 5-18](https://ktvz.b-cdn.net/2024/05/Sunbow-Sunriver-Brigitte-Bourret-5-18.jpg)
![Sun halo north of La Pine Kellie Calkins 5-18](https://ktvz.b-cdn.net/2024/05/Sun-halo-north-of-La-Pine-Kellie-Calkins-5-18.jpg)
![Sun halo Cheryl Steppe 5-18](https://ktvz.b-cdn.net/2024/05/Sun-halo-Cheryl-Steppe-5-18.jpg)
![Sun halo Lisa M](https://ktvz.b-cdn.net/2024/05/Sun-halo-Lisa-M.jpg)
![Sun rainbow Alpenglow Park Amy York 5-18](https://ktvz.b-cdn.net/2024/05/Sun-rainbow-Alpenglow-Park-Amy-York-5-18.jpg)
It's not as rare a High Desert phenomenon as last weekend's spectacular northern lights, but several Central Oregonians couldn't help but share their views of a halo, ring or rainbow - various descriptions - around the sun on Saturday. Here's how the National Weather Service explains what we're seeing.