Portal Interactive: Rings around the Moon!

  • This Article has been shared by Farjad Akmal from Karachi, Pakistan
I guess every single person in this earth might have seen this beautiful but yet mysterious phenomenon which occurs mostly now in Pakistan.But now i will try to unfold the curtain on this mystery.

What is and why it occur ?


And the mystery continue ??

Because moonlight isn’t very bright, lunar halos are mostly colorless, but you might notice more red on the inside and more blue on the outside of the halo. These colors are more noticeable in halos around the sun. If you do see a halo around the moon or sun, notice that the inner edge is sharp, while the outer edge is more diffuse. Also, notice that the sky surrounding the halo is darker than the rest of the sky.
Bottom line: Halos around the sun or moon happen when high, thin cirrus clouds are drifting high above your head. Tiny ice crystals in Earth’s atmosphere cause the halos. They do this by refracting and reflecting the light. Lunar halos are signs that storms are nearby.

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One thought on “Portal Interactive: Rings around the Moon!

  1. i always though of this phenomenon, but never knows why it actually happened. Thanks a lot for your kind information.

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