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Halo

Halo from directly overhead

Halo is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Vision, a artwork 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Built
2022
Inscription
Like oil or soap bubbles, the dichroic film on the crystalline interior of this artwork produces its beautiful effect through the principle of thin-film interference - selectively passing light of a small range of colors while reflecting others. View in L
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.42124, -122.08103
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Vision: 0.1 mi
  • Android 5.x "Lollipop": 0.1 mi
  • Android 4.1-4.3 "Jelly Bean": 0.1 mi
  • Google Sign: 0.1 mi
  • Android: 0.2 mi
Parks
  • Charleston Park: 0.1 mi
  • Sculpture Plaza: 0.1 mi
  • Vista Slope: 0.4 mi
  • Crittenden Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Sierra Vista Park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
  • Soil&Water Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Senior Center Community Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Water-wise Demonstration Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Sister City Friendship rock garden: 2.2 mi
  • S.T.A. Parish Pastoral Garden: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Picnic sites
Peaks
Beaches: 38
Waterfalls: 15
Ghost towns: 14
Springs: 12
  • Spring source: 8.7 mi
  • Congress Springs: 12.2 mi
  • Summit Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Summit Spring: 12.4 mi
  • McClure Spring: 12.6 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Graffiti Rock: 10.0 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 13.4 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 13.5 mi
  • The Bluff: 18.5 mi
  • Chab: 21.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Halo. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BielawskiS 183°985 m13.7 mi
Castle RockS 184°979 m13.3 mi
The PeakS 178°917 m14.0 mi
Lookout TowerS 187°892 m12.2 mi
Goat RockS 186°890 m13.4 mi
Sunnyvale MountainS 177°880 m14.2 mi
Summit RockS 185°878 m12.5 mi
Varian PeakS 188°873 m13.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5420:33
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2016:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515356586266686868645651
Precip in2.52.92.01.00.40.10.00.00.10.61.42.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moffett FED Airfield, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1503664921

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