First bat sighting, well-photographed bats, and dinner

Last night we saw our first bat, flying around a palm tree in a median strip.  Watched it for a while and then headed to dinner.  And here are the well-photographed bats...

I loved the bats on this car, so asked if I could take a picture of it. Note the parking ticket.

Look, I never said the bats photographed were the same as the first bat sighted!  Let's not jump to conclusions here.  Also, there is something else interesting going on in this picture.  If you don't see it, I will explain at the end of this entry.

So we went to dinner at one of these places where you walk around a bunch of aquariums and point out what you would like to eat for dinner.  They have a wide selection including various fish, shrimp, crabs, geoduck, snails, etc.  Then you sit down and they go and cook it and bring it out to the table where everyone shares so you get to try a lot of things.

One of the aquarium restaurants. This is not the one we ate at but one far easier to photograph

It was a feast

Walking back to the hotel we saw these odd lights in the median strip trees.  They didn't just stay one color, but the colors constantly changed.  Seemed odd.

Mysterious changing lights in trees

And as promised, the answer to the interesting bit in the first picture.  If you look at the reflection in the windshield, you will see a halo around the sun.  Here is a better photo of it.

A 22-degree halo in KK

This is generally called a 22-degree halo because the halo extends 22-degrees out from the sun.  This can also happen with the moon or other situations as well.  It forms when you have very small ice crystals high up, like maybe eight miles up, and they act on the light either like a mirror or prism.  It's a very cool effect and can last for hours.