Moondogs Over Alaskan countryside

Image Credit and Copyright: Sebastian Saarloos

This beautiful image of the moon over the Alaskan countryside surrounded by an optical effect known as “moondogs”- or paraselenae ice- is caused by the refraction of ice crystals in the air.

-Julia

Published by Julia Mariani

(Source: Space.com)

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