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Halo around the Moon

author: J.Lodriguss/Novapix

reference: t-met03-80002

Image Size 300 DPI: 25 * 16 cm

Halos are caused by sunlight being refracted by cirro-stratus clouds. These are thin clouds, very high in the atmosphere and composed of ice crystals, which create a perfect circle around the Moon.

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1998 - ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA - CIRROSTRATUS - CLOUD - EARTH - HALO - METEOROLOGY - MOON - NIGHT - SATELLITE -