Tonight's sky was full of beautiful sights - Jupiter and Venus in the western sky, Orion riding high in the southern sky, a moon that's almost full, and around it, a glowing ring - a halo.
Halos form around the moon when there are ice crystals from cirrus clouds high in the sky. The moonlight passes through the hexagon shaped crystals and is refracted and reflected. Sometimes, colors can be detected along the edges of the halo, but mostly, the ring is white - a beautiful glowing circle surrounding the moon.
Weather lore says moon halos indicate approaching bad weather. The local weather forecasters are predicting record high temperatures for Tuesday. If that's the kind of bad weather we're in for - bring it on!
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