A 22° lunar halo over Dunstanburgh Castle on Northumberland coast in the UK

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This photograph shows a 22° moon halo over Dunstanburgh Castle in Northumberland UK. A 22° halo is a halo, one type of optical phenomenon, forming a circle with a radius of approximately 22° around the Sun or Moon (in which case it is also called a moon ring or winter halo). It forms as the sun- or moonlight is refracted in millions of hexagonal ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. The halo is large; the radius is roughly the size of an outstretched hand at arm's length !

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Size: 4885px × 3490px
Location: Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland, UK
Photo credit: © Northern Nights Photography / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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