01/26/2010 Lunar Halo

[David Drummond]

Evidently from Facebook discussions I had, this was visible over a large part of the country. Who all got pics?

There was a considerable cirrus canopy over west Texas where I'm at.

 

[Elinor McLennon]

Nice pictures David. The beauty before the beast.

 

[David Drummond]

Adding another one I took that I think I like better than the other two.

 

[Jason Boggs]

I agree David, the 3rd one is better than the other two! Nice job...

 

[Elinor McLennon]

Agreed. The 3rd one is better. The clarity is amazing. Good job.

 

[Jim Saueressig]

Got it myself with the Sigma 10-20mm so I could capture it all. Oddly I was indexed by Google nearly instantly on my flickr and had 30 hits in short order by people searching for a large variation of search terms using "january, jan, 26, moon, halo, 2010, kansas, oklahoma" Apparently it was seen by many.

If you want the colors keep an ISO 100 and run up the time to 30 seconds or so.

 

[Jim Saueressig]

Another night of halo's with the moon in Gemini with its large halo reaching down into Orion, out to Auriga, up to Cancer and back to Canis Minor with Mars overlooking the whole scene.

Shot with a Sigma 10-20mm @10mm ISO:200 for 30 Seconds.

 

[L.B. LaForce]

Here is an image I snapped last night. Nice and clear out, and with only the 18-55mm lens, it was the best I could do. I like how red Mars turned out.

 

[Allan Jeffers]

Very nice! I keep looking for these every time near a full moon. I snag one around the sun almost once a month.

 

[brandongreen]

Dang L.B. those shots are hard to get perfect.

 

[Joshua Nall]

Here's one I got Feb. 2009. It was probably the most vivid I have ever seen. The Halo is a bit distorted do to it not being in the center... using wide angle to get something else in the image. Sigma 10-22mm.