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A February Moon's Halo

Last Tuesday, February's Full Moon lit the night. Sometimes called the Snow Moon, the Moon was not quite full in this mosaicked skyscape recorded on February 2 south of Budapest, Hungary. Thin clouds of ice crystals hung in the cold, wintry sky, creating this gorgeous lunar halo. Refraction of moonlight by the six-sided crystals produced the slightly colored halo with its characteristic radius of 22 degrees. Bright star Aldebaran is just below the Moon.