Go Outside Now! It's Crazy!!?

This is strictly a local effect in the atmosphere over your location: ice crystals in the upper atmosphere reflecting the Moon's light. It's pouring rain where I am in Ontario, Canada.

You might like to get a photo of it and submit it to the site below.

Even though their main thing is space weather they will often publish interesting weather photos of features in the earth's atmosphere.

If it is published you will also very likely get some more info on the phenomenon from their experts.

And whether we can see it depends on whether the moon is above the horizon and the weather conditions where we are located.

Ice or water in the upper atmosphere refracting Moonlight. Very common after storms or in humid climates.

Here in Indiana we get 2 - 4 per month.

Halo

Ice crystals in cirro-stratus (and alto-stratus) clouds.

In temperate climates, these clouds are ahead of warm fronts.

Seeing a halo around the Moon (or the Sun) usually means rain within X hours.

(The value of X varies with your latitude and your proximity to warm ocean surfaces; in my area, X is around 24 hours or a little more).

ice crystals in the upper atmosphere. a common occurrence. nothing to write home about.

Does it look like this?

http://k43.pbase.com/u12/agroni/upload/39358385.CR...

It's caused by ice cyrstals in the upper atmosphere.

ice cyrstals in the upper atmosphere.

hey kelsey

i really really really wanna move to seattle once i finish high school. i just wanted to know do you like it there at all?

That usually means that it is going to rain soon. - so I've been told.

it probly just where ur at mayb different angles cuz i dont see anything....bryceville,florida