Astronomy Picture of the Day -- A Blue Moon Halo over Antarctica

NASA ^ | August 11, 2015 | (see photo credit)

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Explanation: Have you ever seen a halo around the Moon? Such 22 degree rings around the Moon -- caused by ice crystals falling in the Earth's atmosphere -- are somewhat rare. OK, but have you ever seen a blue moon? Given the modern definition of blue moon -- the second full moon occurring in a calendar month -- these are also rare. What is featured above might therefore be considered doubly rare -- a halo surrounding a blue moon. The featured image was taken late last month near Zhongshan Station in Antarctica. Visible in the foreground are a power generating house and a snowmobile. What might seem to be stars in the background are actually illuminated snowflakes near the camera.

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[Credit and Copyright: LI Hang]

[SunkenCiv]

I’m not home yet, this is for then:

http://129.164.179.22/apod/image/1508/BlueMoonHalo_Hang_5311.jpg

http://129.164.179.22/apod/image/1508/BlueMoonHalo_Hang_960.jpg

[cripplecreek]

Bing has a very cool background image up this morning.

[Old Sarge]

And the next moon is blue.

And the one after that is...?

[Buckeye McFrog]

Bom ba ba bom ba bom ba bom bom
Da danga dang dang
Da dinga dong ding.......

[SatinDoll]

Thank you, SC, for the great photos.

[SunkenCiv]

My pleasure!

[SunkenCiv]

;’)

[SunkenCiv]

Pink.

Pink, pink, pink, pink, pink moon...

[SunkenCiv]

Wow, nice!

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