An ice crystal lunar halo around the gibbous Moon, with an aircraft jet contrail shooting across the scene, with a jet at far right, heading west in a polar flight over Churchill, Manitoba. Taken from the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, Feb. 9, 2014 with the 10-22mm lens and Canon 60Da.
An ice crystal halo around the waxing gibbous Moon, Feb 9, 2014, taken from the site of the abandoned Churchill Rocket Range, in Churchill Manitoba. Jupiter is the bright object left of the Moon. Orion is below the Moon, and the field takes in the Winter Hexagon stars from Sirius at lower left to Capella at upper right. This is a 5-second exposure at f/4 with the Canon 10-22mm lens and Canon 60Da at ISO 800.
A lunar halo and aircraft contrail, as seen and shot through the plexiglas viewing dome on the roof of the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, Churchill Manitoba, early in the evening of Feb 9, 2014. The lens is the 8mm Sigma aimed straight up in the Dome to take in the entire sky from horizon to horizon. The Dome provides very little distortion. The contrail is projecting its shadow onto the lower clouds, producing the dark borders outside the contrail.
