S. L. Gore

Red Sun Halo in Ivory Coast Africa

May 26, 2015 at 1:59 am 1 comment

I took this photo many many years ago when living in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (the Ivory Coast), West Africa. We were upcountry in the “bush” when a halo formed around the sun. Such a mystical experience. I’ve only seen it once in my life.

From under one of those giant, tropical Africa trees that reach for the sky, I captured the shot using a red filter on my Nikon and Kodak slide film. Much later, I took a photography course in New Jersey to learn to print paper positives from color slides. This photo is the result. I love it still.

Solar ring (halo) in the Côte d’Ivoire Africa taken through a red filter.

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