Mount Emei statue in heavenly glow(1/3)

A solar halo occurs in the sky over a statue of Samantabhadra at the Golden Summit in Mount Emei, Southwest China’s Sichuan province, Feb. 22, 2015. A halo is an optical phenomenon produced by ice crystals and creates colored or white arcs and spots in the sky. Mount Emei, one of the Four Buddhist Holy Mountains in China, was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Zhongjun)