Saturday, October 6, 2012

Lunar halo complex September 30th 2012











Late in the evening halos began to appear around the sun but the best came when the moon came up and the display began with 22 degree halo, parhelia, circumscribed halo, 120 degree parhelia and complete parhelic circle. The display reached its climax at 12:00 AM EST and one of the best complete circumscribed halos I have seen in a very long time formed. The circumscribed halos was so bright I could see the colors with the naked eye due to the full moon and hi-quality column crystals. There was also a sharp complete parhelic circle and in the pics enhanced faint upper and lower concave parry arcs are visible.

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