Antarctica is an awesome place, full of little miracles and incredible nature.
This mysterious and rare moondogs just needed to be shared with every space weather enthusiast.
At Germany’s Neumayer III Research Station in Antarctica, the polar night began on May 21st and no one has seen the sun in weeks. No sun! So this is a rare MOONDOG… the lunar equivalent of a sundog:
As the waning full Moon rose behind the station, the crystals of ice floating above the frozen terrain bent and shaped the moonbeams into moondogs and an powerful moon pillar, looking like the flame of a candle.
Antarctica is an awesome place, full of little miracles and incredible nature.
