Lunar Halo Over the Maldive Islands
May 09, 2019
Photographers: Petr Horálek; Lars L. Christensen
Summary Author: Petr Horálek
The photo above shows a glorious lunar halo as observed from Soneva Fushi Island, Maldives, on April 18, 2019. The Moon was but one day shy of being full. This nighttime halo was so bright that you could even notice faint colors. Like their daytime brethren, but with moonlight instead of sunlight as the source of illumination, they form when light is refracted by randomly-oriented hexagonal ice crystals that compose cirrus clouds or by free-falling ice crystals.
Photo Details: Canon 6D camera; Samyang 12 mm lens; Software: Adobe Photoshop CC 2018 (Windows).
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