Parhelic Circle Around Moon

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Parhelic circle around moon
Taken by Sheila wiwchar on January 24, 2019 @ Kaleida Manitoba Canada

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So strange that the only time i have witnessed this optical phenomenon was a year ago,one day after a clouded out lunar eclipse. And this year it showed up again but 2 days after a clouded out lunar eclipse!! It is quite the sight as this circle fills the entire sky! I set up a timelapse wondering if it would last and it did. The timelapse is from 4am-7am. I used a canon 8-15mm /canon 6d. The lens kinda "crystallized" near the end but its interested that the lower the moon got the more the circle filled the sky! Video link https://youtu.be/VdhzyNK0Bic

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Hi Sheila, your images are so beautiful, I love the fourth one its just so perfect...thank you for sharing :-)

Posted by noeleen22 2019-01-24 17:30:23

Thank you so much !!😊😊😊

Posted by Swiwchar 2019-01-25 08:27:07

Thats a great display, Sheila. Youve made very good pictures by using a fish eye lens. This optical phenomenon is a lunar ice crystal halo complex. Whats in it? Primarly the circular (common) 22 degrees ring around the moon with its bright upper and lower tangent arcs which form the circumscribed halo. There is a faint 46 degrees halo above the moon too. The moon is intersected by the complete horizontal circle (paraselenic ring) which is parallel to the horizon and filling the entire sky dome. On this circle the bright 22 degrees moon dogs are present as well as quite diffuse colourless moondogs at an azimuthal distance of 120 degrees from the moon. The whole display is framing the constellation Plough in the Zenith.

Posted by pphv 2019-01-25 10:02:31

Spectacular images!! I like how the Big Dipper is framed in the first one.

DZ

Posted by owleye1 2019-01-26 21:41:07

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