The rainbow around the moon, photographers capture the beautiful “moon” spectacle

An Italian photographer recently accidentally photographed an extremely rare “moon” spectacle, the moon was surrounded by a rainbow-like circle of light, very dreamy. This is a diagram of the “moon”.

Nature always magically create some breathtaking landscape, an Italian photographer recently accidentally photographed an extremely rare “moon” spectacle, the moon was surrounded by a rainbow-like circle of light, the photo was shared online to attract many users forward, have praised “too beautiful! “

Photographer Alberto Ghizzi Panizza, 45, captured this stunningly beautiful scene near the northern Italian city of Parma in late January. He uploaded the photo (click to view) to Twitter and shared it with his friends, and it was immediately widely circulated because it was so beautiful and so rare.

Panesar spent two hours between 10pm and 12am that night, taking hundreds of photos of the moon, and then picked out a “beautiful photo” that he was very happy with and shared it on IG. This photo is very fine, even the moon’s craters are clearly seen, as well as next to the gauzy colored clouds, like a rainbow around the moon, very dreamy.

It is understood that Hua (Corona) is a natural light source through the thin clouds of microscopic water droplets produced by the special light image.

Paniza said afterwards, before also saw several “moon”, but always miss the opportunity to shoot. The Home quarantine during the Epidemic gave him more Time to observe celestial bodies, and he finally got what he wanted. He said that because of this, he had all the necessary filming equipment at hand to capture the moment very well.

However, many netizens mistook this for a “moon rainbow”, but in fact the two are completely different natural phenomena.

It is understood that Hua (Corona) is a natural light source through the thin clouds of microscopic water droplets and produced by the special light image. The formation of a rainbow ring around the sun is the solar corona, while the rainbow ring around the moon is the lunar corona. Because the formation of a lunar corona requires a thin cloud layer, it is easier to see especially on a full moon and cloudy night, although sometimes the rainbow ring is not so obvious.

As for the “moonbow” (moonbow), it is a rainbow seen when the observer turns his back to the moon, and this phenomenon mostly occurs near waterfalls.