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People of Ranchi in India witnessed huge halo formed around the Sun. 

Blazing hot sun had a huge halo formed around it.byDr. Nitish Priyadarshi On Sunday, Ranchi people witnessed a spectacular natural phenomenon in the sky. The blazing hot sun had a huge halo formed around it. City people and those in the outskirts watched in wonder as the giant ring, also referred to as 22° halo, was visible around the sun for over an hour in the afternoon.While many braved the summer heat to climb to rooftops to take photographs of the halo, it also caused panic in some. [...]

Palaeoartworks, the case studies, part 2: Feathered dinosaurs and tiny Crocodyliformes 

It's time for part 2 of our 'Palaeoart Case Studies' series, this time featuring two subjects: the tiny Cretaceous crocodyliform Koumpiodontosuchus and the probable Lower Cretaceous troodontid Yaverlandia bitholus. Unlike our last subject in this series, giant pterosaurs, neither of these animals is huge. Koumpiodontosuchus is particularly diminutive with an estimated adult length of 600 mm long. Presenting the scale of an animal accurate is important for good palaeoart, as it's [...]