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From: Sarah Belville (isw21377_at_hidden_email_address.net)
Date: 02/16/2005



I was not able to photograph it, but there was a halo around the first quarter moon last night too. Beautiful!!!!! First t ime I have seen a halo around a quarter moon...full moon, many times, 3/4 full moon, yes, haven't ever seen one around the first quarter moon! An absolute delight!!!!

Sarah
--- Michael Ellestad <bowlturner_at_YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> Hello Listees,
>
>
> I have seen many rare halos but today I got to
> see a new halo. I was down near the spring down
> in the hollow on our farm when I looked up and
> noticed a white ellipical halo forming a vertical
> oval. I ran to the house as fast as I could,
> grabbed my Nikon and shot once, twice and three
> times.
>
> The photos show the exotic oval halo and possibly
> fragments of another ellipse.
>
>
> Heres one of the photos of this strange halo. I
> don't know if there are any documented cases of
> elliptical halos in the U.S. but if there is'nt
> then mine might be the first.
>
> NOTE: If you sit back from the monitor you can
> see the ellipse clearly.
>
>
> All of the best,
>
> Michael
>
>
>
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