Birthday Lunar Halo
Taken by Göran Strand on January 25, 2021 @
Östersund, Sweden
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Birthday Lunar Halo
Yesterday was my birthday and what better way to end a birthday than to see a beautiful Lunar halo, perfect gift for me as a big time sky phenomenon collector :-)
When I took this photo it was -16°C and the air was filled with small ice crystals that made this halo possible. This is the regular 22° halo that is more common to seen around the Sun. For a lunar halo to be visible the moonlight needs to be quite strong to make the halo visible, so it's more common around the days of a full moon. Last night the moon was 90% lit so almost full.
To the left you can see the city lights of Östersund, Sweden, and at 5 o'clock in the halo you can see the halo crossing the constellation of Orion. In the foreground you can see the tracks from a rabbit that has gone up to the trees and then returned back to where it came from.
Also, I did actually get to see some Northern Lights later in the evening so this really turned out to a spectacular birthday.
Nikon Z6 II with Nikon Z 14-24mm f/2,8 S
Photographer Göran Strand, Sweden
https://astrofotografen.se
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Photographer's website:
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