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10/14/16

Last night's moon

When I stepped outside last night, I was greeted with this sight! 
I was doing some research to share with you and found that the
halo is refracted light. According to Universe Today,  it is light refracted
through ice crystals suspended in the upper atmosphere between
five and ten kilometers in altitude.



18 comments:

  1. Wow. Gotta love a shot that comes from such a place..I cant even begin to understand some part of nature at all. Thank you for sharing!

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  2. Stunning shot and somewhat otherworldly.

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  3. Wow, what a amazing photo!
    Thanks vor linking with my challenge.
    Nice to see you again
    Best greetings

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  4. nice catch! I have seen halos before but not quite like this. Congrats to the shot!

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  5. A great sky and a little science lesson, perfect!

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  6. I photographed my first one of these this summer. Very cool effect.

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  7. I love the see this kind of phenomena, great capture.

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  8. Was für ein beeindruckendes Foto!!!
    Wow, es zeigt uns das leuchtende Licht!!!
    Toll so begrüßt zu werden!!!

    Herzlichen Dank und liebe Grüße
    von Monika

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  9. really cool! I missed it.....

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  10. Thanks for doing the research. I had no idea about ice crystals. Cool photo too, but it seems so much more interesting with that bit of research you did.

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  11. I have never seen something like this. Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing.

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  12. An interesting shot. I always have trouble getting pictures at night to come out. - Margy

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  13. how beautiful! i have a tendency to be lazy and just think of it all as magic. So thank you for your research... it is high time I learned.

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