I was in Brisbane not so long ago and this ageing hippie was busking in the pedestrian mall. He was creating new age images of a worlds and moons with aerosol paint cans. It was fascinating to watch and he had drawn quite a crowd. Being up there for business and by myself I had plenty of time to kill so I watched for quite some time.

I include this image from SpaceWeather.com, taken by Eva Seidenfaden of Germany as evidence that nature can trump any image that man's imagination can conjure up.

Ice crystals in high clouds catch and bend sunlight, forming beautiful halos and arcs of light around the sun. Usually the halos are faint, but not on June 26th when Eva Seidenfaden of Germany saw this dazzling display