Ring around the Moon

in #photography7 years ago (edited)

A rare sighting in Cape Town, usually on a cold winters night. This occurs when moonlight is refracted through a thin cloud of ice crystals in the atmosphere. It bends the light and focuses it into a ring. Pretty cool!

IMG_9031-Edit-2-2-ring-around-the-moon-sig.jpg

Canon 6D
Canon 17-40mm F4 L
15 sec @ F16, ISO 1600
Processing in Lightroom

Peace :)

(Images are my own original work)
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Very nice with the ring, I'm hunting the supermoon today :)

Shot, good luck. Show us the results when you catch it!

Wonderful picture. Thank you for sharing :)

My pleasure :)

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