Rotating image of human brain, illustrating the lateral sulcus in the brain. The term sulcus (pl. sulci) is a general descriptive term for a furrow or fissure.
Halo may refer to: 1  Halo (religious iconography), a glow or ring of light around a head or person in art. 2  Halo (series), video game franchise.
Halo is the name for a family of optical phenomena produced by light interacting with ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. Halos can have many forms, ranging from colored or white rings to arcs and spots in the sky. Many of these are near the Sun or Moon, but others occur elsewhere or even in the opposite part of the sky. Among the best known halo types are the circular halo, light pillars and sun dogs, but there are many more; some of them fairly common, others rare. The ice crystals respo