On the
morning of February 14, 2006,
cirrus clouds swept over
Southern California's
Anza-Borrego Desert. When
light from the waning gibbous
moon passed through the
ice crystals making up the
clouds, a complete halo formed
around the moon. Because
the phenomenon is so large―44
degrees in diameter―and the tree
is so
tall, five separate wide-angle
images stitched together were
needed to capture the scene. |