Lunacy

[elanya]

This is the moon from tonight. The semicircle underneath it isn't a lens flare, unless it was a Divine lens flare. Or someone put JJ Abrams in charge of lighting the sky. When I first saw it - taking out Jola - the ring went all the way around in a perfect circle. It was amazing. I wish I could have got a better picture, but my lense isn't wide enough, and by the time I got the settings figured out, this was all that was left.

Comments

[futabachan.livejournal.com]

There was a ring like that around the moon at the Labour Day event.

[elanya.livejournal.com]

Awesome! I wonder what causes it?

[belryan.livejournal.com]

Suspended ice crystals.

[fiachra.livejournal.com]

22 Degree Halo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/22%C2%B0_halo)

[anna-bird.livejournal.com]

Or someone put JJ Abrams in charge of lighting the sky

BAHAAHAHAHAHAHA.

The moon was still pretty this morning, too! So giant.

[gnomentum.livejournal.com]

I saw something like this once, it's absolutely mesmerising. Not that uncommon at this time of year on a full moon, but we didn't get it this month sadly.

[eyd-samoht.livejournal.com]

It's just a very high thin layer of cirrus clouds. Ice crystals, as was mentioned.

[vureoelt.livejournal.com]

Nice! I've never seen that.