The naturally-occurring marvel appeared above the Guiyuan Buddhist Temple in Wuhan, central China, on January 26 and lit up the sky with its colours, according to a report from People's Daily Online.
The rare 'Buddha's halo', which appears like a circular rainbow, rendered local people awe-struck and gazing up into the atmosphere.
Solar halos, also known as 'sundogs' or 'mock suns', are caused by bright sunlight refracting through thin Cirrostratus clouds in the sky.
The official given name is 'pathelia' and the spectacle begins to be formed when rays of light pass through ice crystals 20,000 feet up.
About a week ago I saw a similar event but with the moon. It looked like it was a full moon or just about as well. Pretty interesting sight. It was in ann arbor, MI