January 2, 202200:03:47

2022 January 02 - Quadruple Lunar Halo Over Winter Road

In today's image, we see a quadruple lunar halo around our Moon. The halos are caused by moonlight refracting off of hexagonal ice crystals in Earth's atmosphere.


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