Re: [OFF TOPIC] Anyone astronomical out there?

>>It's really not that rare. It's unusual; it doesn't happen every
night, or
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>>every month, but it does happen. Just need the right weather
conditions.
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>>I've seen this a fair number of times in my life (dozen or two
times?). Just
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>>most people rarely look up, rarely look at the sky, so miss a great
deal of
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>>the splendor that is presented to us. Light pollution doesn't help. 
:-/
>
>
>Seems to me that you live in a colder clime (Michigan) than I
(Virginia).  
>More ice crystals, no doubt.

I live up here in B'more, Scott; nowhere near Michigan.  ;-)

I've seen halos in all seasons. Surface temps don't necessarily have
anything
to do with it.

Mk
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