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Lunar Halo w/ Intersecting Jetliner Lights.  What would the Shaman say?
Lunar Halo w/ Intersecting Jetliner Lights. What would the Shaman say?
hahn23


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Challenge: Magic & Mystery II (Expert Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: Estes Park, CO
Date: Feb 1, 2012
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 200
Shutter: 54s
Date Uploaded: Feb 2, 2012

A lunar halo around the moon on the evening of 02/01/2012. Great luck to have the shutter open when the jetliner flew over, intersecting the halo ring. The nighttime sky will always beat any photoshop techniques or prestidigitation by silly humans.

To our ancestors and native Americans, this would have been plenty of magic and mystery. I wonder what they would have thought. Or, what would the Shaman say?

8:32 PM MST on 02/01/12. The moon was 68.2 alt, 147.4 azi, 0.68 waxing gibbous.
The lunar halo is a sign of thin cirrus clouds drifting high above our heads. Weather lore says a lunar halo is the precursor of impending unsettled weather, especially during the winter months. This is often proved true, as cirrus and cirrostratus clouds generally precede rain and storm systems.

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02/10/2012 03:03:27 AM
Originally posted by hahn23:

The nighttime sky will always beat any photoshop techniques or prestidigitation by silly humans.

Originally posted by Your Finish:

Place: 40 out of 55
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Just sayin. :P
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/07/2012 01:05:20 AM
If you've got to explain it in your title, you're reaching with the photo. I know ... I'm often guilty as charged.
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02/03/2012 10:54:33 AM
He'd say, storm coming, and cool night shot. Love the red/green pairs. Awesome detail.
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02/03/2012 09:02:29 AM
VERY COOL!!!!!
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02/03/2012 04:49:32 AM
Very cool effects!
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