{"id":2643,"date":"2021-01-04T08:08:22","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T07:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arctrain.de\/?p=2643"},"modified":"2021-01-05T10:59:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T09:59:33","slug":"a-lunar-halo-for-the-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arctrain.de\/ru\/a-lunar-halo-for-the-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"A lunar halo for the New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arctrain.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Halo-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2644\" width=\"394\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arctrain.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Halo-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/arctrain.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Halo-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/arctrain.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Halo-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/arctrain.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Halo-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/arctrain.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Halo-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/arctrain.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Halo-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><figcaption>Lunar halo over my parents\u2019 house in Gatineau, Quebec. 2020-12-29 (Credits: Charles Brunette).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There was a full moon on the night of December 29. Before going to bed, I have the habit of stepping outside for a moment, to see what\u2019s the weather like; especially in the winter, I love the feeling of the crisp cold air before I rush to the warmth of my blanket. On that night, veil-like cirrostratus clouds ran across the sky, almost invisible, providing optimal conditions for a spectacular lunar halo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I must say, it has a very impressive alien-like appearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Halos are photometeors: atmospheric optical phenomenons. They occur when incident light from the sun or the moon is refracted by ice crystals in the atmosphere. Also known as 22-degree halos &#8211; the hexagonal structure of ice crystals causes a minimum deviation angle of 22 degrees, setting the distance between the moon\/sun and the halo feature. Many of us who have been on Arctic expeditions have had the chance to catch a sight of halos; polar weather oftentimes offering ideal viewing conditions for this type of phenomenon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weather lore tells us that lunar halos are a sign of approaching storms and precipitation. I have to give it to the folklore: the next morning, we received a heavy snowfall. I am not superstitious, but after the unusual year we\u2019ve just had, I\u2019m ready to take anything as a good omen. Allow me to hope that the sight of this lunar halo further is a sign of good things to come in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wishing everyone lots of happiness and success in the New Year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a full moon on the night of December 29. Before going to bed, I have the habit of stepping outside for a moment, to see what\u2019s the weather like; especially in the winter, I love the feeling of the crisp cold air before I rush to the warmth of my blanket. On that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":2644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,14,23,27],"tags":[45,46],"coauthors":[47],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.12.2","language":"ru","enabled_languages":["en","de","fr","ru"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"de":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"fr":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"ru":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arctrain.de\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arctrain.de\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arctrain.de\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arctrain.de\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arctrain.de\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2643"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/arctrain.de\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2654,"href":"https:\/\/arctrain.de\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643\/revisions\/2654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arctrain.de\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arctrain.de\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arctrain.de\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arctrain.de\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2643"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arctrain.de\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}