This article was originally published with the title “ The Earth in the Sun's Atmosphere ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 201 No. 4 (October 1959), p. 64 doi:10.1038 ...

Amazed skiers thought they discovered a portal to another dimension when they saw a flame-shaped atmospheric phenomenon known as a "subsun" or "sun candle" this week at SkiWelt Wilder Kaiser in ...