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  1. Moondog!

    The full Moon seen through high cirrus & contrails over Katwijk tonight, leading to this paraselene, the equivalent of a parhelion or sundog as often seen next to the Sun.

    To the naked eye, moondogs appear white, as they're too faint to activate the colour-sensitive cones.

    But to a camera, the expected colour is there, due to wavelength-dependent refraction in ice crystals.

    #AtmosphericOptics 🌈
    #Photography 📷
    #Astronomy 🌕

  2. Moondog!

    The full Moon seen through high cirrus & contrails over Katwijk tonight, leading to this paraselene, the equivalent of a parhelion or sundog as often seen next to the Sun.

    To the naked eye, moondogs appear white, as they're too faint to activate the colour-sensitive cones.

    But to a camera, the expected colour is there, due to wavelength-dependent refraction in ice crystals.

    #AtmosphericOptics 🌈
    #Photography 📷
    #Astronomy 🌕

  3. Moondog!

    The full Moon seen through high cirrus & contrails over Katwijk tonight, leading to this paraselene, the equivalent of a parhelion or sundog as often seen next to the Sun.

    To the naked eye, moondogs appear white, as they're too faint to activate the colour-sensitive cones.

    But to a camera, the expected colour is there, due to wavelength-dependent refraction in ice crystals.

    #AtmosphericOptics 🌈
    #Photography 📷
    #Astronomy 🌕

  4. Moondog!

    The full Moon seen through high cirrus & contrails over Katwijk tonight, leading to this paraselene, the equivalent of a parhelion or sundog as often seen next to the Sun.

    To the naked eye, moondogs appear white, as they're too faint to activate the colour-sensitive cones.

    But to a camera, the expected colour is there, due to wavelength-dependent refraction in ice crystals.

    #AtmosphericOptics 🌈
    #Photography 📷
    #Astronomy 🌕

  5. Moondog!

    The full Moon seen through high cirrus & contrails over Katwijk tonight, leading to this paraselene, the equivalent of a parhelion or sundog as often seen next to the Sun.

    To the naked eye, moondogs appear white, as they're too faint to activate the colour-sensitive cones.

    But to a camera, the expected colour is there, due to wavelength-dependent refraction in ice crystals.

    #AtmosphericOptics 🌈
    #Photography 📷
    #Astronomy 🌕