We do get some pretty skies

A solar frost halo - known as a 22 degree halo

The ice crystals responsible for halos are typically suspended in cirrus or cirrostratus clouds in the upper troposphere (5–10 km (3.1–6.2 mi)), but in cold weather they can also float near the ground, in which case they are referred to as diamond dust. Light is reflected and refracted by the ice crystals and may split into colors because of dispersion. The crystals behave like prisms and mirrors, refracting and reflecting light between their faces, sending shafts of light in particular directions.

 

At the top of the image you can see the circumzenithal arc (smiley face). In the center of the image, just touching the circumzenithal arc you can just make out the supralateral arc (very rare) that is arcing to form a circle around the sun). Around the sun you see rainbows at north, east and west. The one at north of the sun is the upper tangent arc, the east and west are known as sundogs. They all follow the 22 degree halo.

To produce these arcs, rod-shaped hexagonal ice crystals need to have their long axis aligned horizontally. In the foreground you can see the summer village where we live.

View of the Summer Village from the big house.
Our neutrino detection stations are out in this direction