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Sliver of a moon
![nearly new moon setting against horizon](https://chris.cothrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/20220531-IMG_5459-1024x819.jpg)
For a few minutes at least … this one didn’t last long, went from a soft glow to what you see here to grey within a few minutes.
Last night’s moon halo.
The 22° moon halo is caused by tiny ice crystals in the upper atmosphere refracting the light on its way to our eyeballs (or my camera). There’s a faint glimpse of Orion in the upper left.