{"id":216966,"date":"2023-11-26T14:52:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T14:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=216966"},"modified":"2023-11-26T14:52:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T14:52:29","slug":"photographers-hail-the-moment-they-captured-a-halo-around-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/world-news\/photographers-hail-the-moment-they-captured-a-halo-around-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographers hail the moment they captured a &apos;halo&apos; around the moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Photographers hail the &#8216;unbelievable&#8217; moment they captured a &#8216;halo&#8217; around the moon as observers compare it to &#8216;a nighttime rainbow&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span>Did YOU see this?<\/span> Email katherine.lawton@mailonline.co.uk\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Photographers have hailed the &#8216;unbelievable&#8217; moment they captured a &#8216;halo&#8217; around the moon while observers compared it to a &#8216;nighttime rainbow&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Good Morning Britain meteorologist Laura Tobin said the phenomenon is caused\u00a0by the refraction of moonlight from ice crystals in the upper atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>Many people took to social media to share photos they took of the halo,\u00a0including Angie Burns, a TV and radio presenter at Marlow FM.<\/p>\n<p><span><span>Did YOU see this?<\/span><\/span><span> Email katherine.lawton@mailonline.co.uk\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ms Burns, who lives near Wokingham, said she managed to capture the rare sight from her front door on Saturday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was the first time I&#8217;ve seen something like this so close,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/14\/78247947-12792605-image-m-26_1701007225328.jpg\" height=\"1083\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Geographer Simon Collins, 57, said he was &#8216;delighted&#8217; to catch a glimpse of the moon with a halo around it\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/14\/78248111-12792605-image-a-34_1701007692862.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The moon halo over Newtown Creek on the Isle of Wight on Saturday evening<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/14\/78247949-12792605-image-m-29_1701007268285.jpg\" height=\"752\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Angie Burns, who lives near Wokingham, said she managed to capture the rare sight from her front door on Saturday night<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/14\/78247951-12792605-image-m-30_1701007274511.jpg\" height=\"752\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The halo around the Moon above houses in Staffordshire. A cat can be seen on the roof, illuminated by the moon\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;(It was) unbelievable and yet tranquil.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Geographer Simon Collins, 57, said he was &#8216;delighted&#8217; to catch a glimpse of the moment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m a keen weather observer (and) run a local weather station so am always delighted to see lovely weather phenomena as so many others did last night as well,&#8217; he said after taking a photo of the moon in Reigate, Surrey on Saturday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some described witnessing the occurrence as &#8216;amazing&#8217;, while others said it was &#8216;very weird&#8217; and &#8216;like a nighttime rainbow&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12792605\/Photographers-hail-unbelievable-moment-captured-halo-moon-observers-compare-nighttime-rainbow.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photographers hail the &#8216;unbelievable&#8217; moment they captured a &#8216;halo&#8217; around the moon as observers compare it to &#8216;a nighttime rainbow&#8217; Did YOU see this? Email katherine.lawton@mailonline.co.uk\u00a0 Photographers have hailed the &#8216;unbelievable&#8217; moment they captured a &#8216;halo&#8217; around the moon while observers compared it to a &#8216;nighttime rainbow&#8217;.\u00a0 Good Morning Britain meteorologist Laura Tobin said the phenomenon is caused\u00a0by the refraction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Photographers hail the moment they captured a &amp;apos;halo&amp;apos; around the moon - Best World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/world-news\/photographers-hail-the-moment-they-captured-a-halo-around-the-moon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Photographers hail the moment they captured a &amp;apos;halo&amp;apos; around the moon - Best World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Photographers hail the &#8216;unbelievable&#8217; moment they captured a &#8216;halo&#8217; around the moon as observers compare it to &#8216;a nighttime rainbow&#8217; Did YOU see this? 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