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MrWiggly

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Glanced out of my bedroom window about 2am this morning and spotted this.

 

In over 60 years of pounding this earth I have only ever seen this once before.

 

My apologies for the quality of the shot .. it was shot at an ISO of 1500, and a five second hand held exposure !! :blink:

 

Any budding meteorologists out there can explain what's going on ? Weather conditions ? Local atmospherics ? Pollution ?

 

Wiggly. :rolleyes::rolleyes:

 

 

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The Older I get .. The better I was.

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I believe they are caused by the refraction of the moonlight through Ice particles in the atmosphere they are particularly associated with periods of high pressure.

 

Tony

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After a certain age, if you don't wake up aching in every joint, you are probably dead.

 

 

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Tony is absolutely right - refraction from ice crystals in the upper atmosphere. It's not an unusual event either, very common to see them especially during the winter.

 

Good photo though, especially hand-held for that amount of time!

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Species caught in 2017 Common Ash, Hawthorn, Hazel, Scots Pine, White Willow.

Species caught in 2016: Alder, Blackthorn, Common Ash, Crab Apple, Left Earlobe, Pedunculate Oak, Rock Whitebeam, Scots Pine, Smooth-leaved Elm, Swan, Wayfaring tree.

Species caught in 2015: Ash, Bird Cherry, Black-Headed Gull, Common Hazel, Common Whitebeam, Elder, Field Maple, Gorse, Puma, Sessile Oak, White Willow.

Species caught in 2014: Big Angry Man's Ear, Blackthorn, Common Ash, Common Whitebeam, Downy Birch, European Beech, European Holly, Hawthorn, Hazel, Scots Pine, Wych Elm.
Species caught in 2013: Beech, Elder, Hawthorn, Oak, Right Earlobe, Scots Pine.

Species caught in 2012: Ash, Aspen, Beech, Big Nasty Stinging Nettle, Birch, Copper Beech, Grey Willow, Holly, Hazel, Oak, Wasp Nest (that was a really bad day), White Poplar.
Species caught in 2011: Blackthorn, Crab Apple, Elder, Fir, Hawthorn, Horse Chestnut, Oak, Passing Dog, Rowan, Sycamore, Willow.
Species caught in 2010: Ash, Beech, Birch, Elder, Elm, Gorse, Mullberry, Oak, Poplar, Rowan, Sloe, Willow, Yew.

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"It's not an unusual event either, very common to see them especially during the winter."

 

I shall have to look upwards more often !! :P:D:lol:

 

Thanks lads .. we live and learn.

 

Wiggly. :rolleyes::rolleyes:

The Older I get .. The better I was.

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