Ring Around The Moon
Friday, January 29, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Latest Updates News Ring Around The Moon Meaning, Moon Halo, Lunar Halo, Ring Around Moon: Moon Ring Moon produces interesting optical effects 
under right conditions like moon rings, moon dogs and moon pillars. We know that rainbow appears after sunlight refracts through water droplets in air. Similarly, Moon Ring is produced when moon light refracts through ice crystals in space. Thering around the moon is actually the result of Moonlight refraction.
The ring usually appears with hexagonal size because the ice crystal that creates it keeps a hexagonal shape. Another important thing is the “halo space” inside the ring. According to research, the moon light refracts with an angle of nearly 22 degrees creating a halo space inside the ring.
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