They are caused by the refraction of the moon’s light by ice crystals.
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This is what happens when light goes through a hexagonal ice crystals. It’s a lot more complicated than that, but it’s so l quite fascinating. It’s called a 22° halo (among other names) if you wanted to look more into
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/22%C2%B0_halo
They are caused by the refraction of the moon’s light by ice crystals.
This is what happens when light goes through a hexagonal ice crystals. It’s a lot more complicated than that, but it’s so l quite fascinating. It’s called a 22° halo (among other names) if you wanted to look more into
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/22%C2%B0_halo
Man I thought this sais the moon *is* outsode tonight and I was thinking “it’s outside every night??”
I haven’t seen a lunar halo in a long time! I used to see them a lot in New Mexico growing up. I took them for granted for sure.
Very nice double halo, I usually only see that when it is super cold outside.
As opposed to the moon inside?
I’m sure someone else explained the phenomenon already. All I know is that it’s called a “Moon Dog”!!
Looking at the moon right now. Yep, that’s pretty much what it looks like right now. Enjoy.