Moon Halo

moon halo
Taken by mark buxton on February 1, 2015 @ Dudley, UK

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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS M
Exposure Time: 1/1
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 1600
Date Taken: 2015:02:01 18:33:48

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Some very cold air arrived last night, with thin high clouds. Unusal to see the rainbow colours as it passed over the moon around 8pm

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Its a lunar diffraction corona and not an ice crystal refraction halo.

Posted by pphv 2015-02-02 03:47:02

Thanks Peter, it was visible with the naked eye, not a photographic effect, do you know what causes this?

Posted by markbuxton 2015-02-02 03:54:30

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