the sun. Today we’ll hear a folktale about where ... This story was adapted for Circle Round by Jessica Alpert and Rebecca Sheir. Sound design and original composition by Eric Shimelonis.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Many Western New Yorkers took a moment to capture what appeared to be a photogenic, symmetrical circle around the sun Wednesday. That phenomenon is actually called a sun halo.

Several Rio Grande Valley residents were dazzled last Friday by what appeared to be a full-circle rainbow around the sun. The effect, called a halo, was captured on camera by some Valley ...