Moon Halo

"Tengok bulan!" My friend's status on YM. A few minutes later, I got a message from my classmate. "Tengok dop bulan malam ni?" I'd no idea what they mean until I watched the sky with my own eyes. SubhanAllah. Its so beautiful! For the first time I saw the moon halo on 30 September. I'm not really sure about that but after googling I find its true. I can be an amateur astronomer. Yes~!! Haha. However I'm not able to take any picture >.<

An image of moon halo

Halo also known as nimbus, icebow or Gloriole can be define as an optical phenomenon produced by ice crystals creating coloured or white arcs and spots in the sky which is usually surround the sun and moon. Halo can form artificial light in very cold weather when ice crystals called diamond dust are floating in the nearby air.

There are various kind of halos but they're generally caused by ice crystals in cold cirrus cloud which are situated far above the ground in upper troposphere. The meticulus shape and direction of the crystals is accountable for the sort of halo observed. Light is reflected and refracted by the ice crystals and might divide into colours because of dispersion.

The other phenomenon that can be seen on that night was Moon-Jupiter in conjunction.

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