What is a Supermoon? ...and what is the halo around it?... this is some of what I found when I googled the questions. Direct quotes...
"A circular rainbow around the Moon, also known as a Moonbow, lunar halo, or lunar rainbow, is sometimes caused by the refraction of light through ice particles in high altitude clouds. It generally means rain or snow will fall shortly. In those cases it’s actually Cloud, Rainbow, and sometimes other Nature Nymphs painting the dark nocturnal sky canvas together. As with all Rainbows they bring good luck to the localized area they’re viewed in, and the rainbow light makes the somewhat unholy lunar light holy for a short time. It’s more or less the complete opposite of the completely unholy Blood Moon. The most holy state is when the Moon itself appears to be rainbow colored. This generally indicates Leprechaun and/or Unicorn presence as these beings wield the awesome powers of good luck."
"The moon is a familiar sight in our sky, brightening dark nights and reminding us of space exploration, past and present. But the upcoming supermoon — on Monday, Nov. 14 — will be especially “super” because it’s the closest full moon to Earth since 1948. We won’t see another supermoon like this until 2034.
The moon’s orbit around Earth is slightly elliptical so sometimes it is closer and sometimes it’s farther away. When the moon is full as it makes its closest pass to Earth it is known as a supermoon. At perigee — the point at which the moon is closest to Earth — the moon can be as much as 14 percent closer to Earth than at apogee, when the moon is farthest from our planet. The full moon appears that much larger in diameter and because it is larger shines 30 percent more moonlight onto the Earth.
The moon is a familiar sight, but the days leading up to Monday, Nov. 14, promise a spectacular supermoon show. When a full moon makes its closest pass to Earth in its orbit it appears up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter, making it a supermoon. This month’s is especially ‘super’ for two reasons: it is the only supermoon this year to be completely full, and it is the closest moon to Earth since 1948. The moon won’t be this super again until 2034!"
Coming back from Kelowna we had the perfect opportunity to see this and wow was it ever spectacular.
I need to learn to play with all my settings on my camera intuitively ... forgot to change the ISO on these...sigh.. I did change the white balance and played a bit in photoshop and Nik..
