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There was a stunning moon ring over Sheridan tonight.
Here’s some information about how this phenomenon — also called a winter halo — occurs via Cool Cosmos (http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/):
“Rings around the Moon are caused when moonlight passes through thin clouds of ice crystals high in Earth’s atmosphere. As moonlight passes through the ice crystals, it is bent in a way similar to light passing through a lens. The shape of the ice crystals causes the moonlight to be focused into a ring. This is similar to the way water droplets in the lower atmosphere can bend sunlight to create a rainbow.”
