Moon Dog

So these occassionally occur, I’m not the biggest moon observer so when the moon is out I’m usually in. But tonight I happened to of looked up while taking the dogs out and to my surprise, found a third “dog” in the sky.

The full extent of the Moon Dog above the Clouds

A moon dog is a halo around the moon from frozen ice crystals up in the upper atmosphere, this night there was also clouds which gives it this eerily look with strands that would not be seen during a clear night.

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