Heavenly Halo

I want to thank Phillip Chee from the Peterborough Astronomical Association for sending in this pic! This is a great shot of a 22 degree lunar halo taken from Armour Hill on Saturday night. This is what the moon looks like through a thin veil of cirrus clouds on a cold night. The ice crystals high up in the atmosphere are what cause this phenomenon and it makes for a great picture! The P.A.A. was taking advantage of a little less light pollution during Earth Hour on Saturday night and nearly 100 folks who gathered on Armour Hill had a chance to enjoy sights like this. Phillip also used time-lapse photography to put together a nice movie file of the moon moving across the sky. Click here to check it out. Thanks Phillip!