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🧪 3D Sun Halo

Explore the 3D Halo and solar dogs – an optical phenomenon: hexagonal ice crystals refract sunlight at a 22° angle, creating a bright ring in the sky.

Physics & Mechanics3DModerate60 FPS💨 Air & Wind ❄️ Ice & Cold

⚙ Under the hood

This simulation visualizes the formation of a sun halo around the sun due to ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere, illustrating refraction and reflection phenomena.

Refraction ReflectionSun HaloAtmospheric Optics

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install