Lee Petersen on Nostr: Atmospheric Optics Photo #2: Lunar Halo. The aurora weaves across the sky, seemingly ...
Atmospheric Optics Photo #2: Lunar Halo. The aurora weaves across the sky, seemingly through a 22-degree halo around a near-full moon. These halos are caused by refracting light from the Moon (or Sun) through hexagonal ice crystals in the atmosphere.
#atmosphericoptics #alaska #auroraborealis
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