Ice Crystal Halos

Moon halos from Mustavaara ski resort

Moon halos from Mustavaara ski resort

It’s better to be inside a punch hole cloud than just look at it. On the night of 17/18 November snow guns seeded a punch hole in low stratus cover at Mustavaara ski resort in Eastern Finland. Plate crystal dominated halo display appeared in the resulting diamond dust. Temperature on the ground was -9° C. In the image above, moon elevation is 32.7°.

Marko Riikonen

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  • Wow Marko,

    Awesome plate display that would have been excellent for doing supeparhelia and with spotlight CNA,sub-kern, sub120 ans other sub halos. Keep em comin Marko you’re doing good!!

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  • Man is that cool!!! I think I my jaw would drop seeing that. I know one thing those plates would have made exquisite superparhelia as well.

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  • Marko is always at the right place at the right time. When you really put your mind on it all the effort pays off! Great capture once again!

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  • Thanks folks. It was 10 hours halo hunting night. Yeah, there is subKern and (faint) sub120. I saw both with naked eye as well, though was not sure of the sub120. The Lowitz on the moon I don’t see.

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