8th July - Moon through Clouds

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

Hi all,

Went outside and saw this remarkable colouring around the moon, so quickly grabbed camera and shot off three shots before the colour had disappeared. I combined the three images (different exposures) to create this...

http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/o...ered_small.jpg

[deanm (Dean)]

Nice pic!

I'm South of Adelaide (and you), and saw similar - I believe the phenomenon is caused by high altitude ice crystals, but I stand to be corrected by more knowledgable folk....!

Dean

[von Tom (Tom)]

Hi Andrew,
The colours are very well captured. I take it that's Saturn near the bottom and Spica at the right?

Cheers,

Tom

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

That would be correct Tom.

[cookie8 (Vincent)]

Very interesting "halos".Nice capture. Anyone knows what it's scientific name by any chance?

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

I believe it's called a Lunar Corona

[iceman (Mike)]

Nice one Andrew!