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Day 326

01.02.2010 | 365


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  1. Amanda
    Amanda on 01.02.2010 at 2:48 am

    Absolutely gorgeous shot!!

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  2. chaos2k
    chaos2k on 01.02.2010 at 7:02 am

    Really cool shot M

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  3. Boz
    Boz on 01.02.2010 at 8:55 am

    Oh, I so badly wanted a picture of this on New Years Eve, no go due to our weather conditions though. Your shot looks absolutely incredible though 🙂

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  4. Shannon Morgan
    Shannon Morgan on 01.02.2010 at 4:14 pm

    This is amazing!!

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  5. Melody
    Melody on 01.02.2010 at 4:31 pm

    Nice Halo!!! I’ve been trying to capture one of these for the last few months. Weather really hasn’t be co-operating with me. This really looks like a movie poster. Care to share gear/settings on this one? I like how the stars aren’t washed out by the moon.

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  6. Kelly Easter
    Kelly Easter on 01.03.2010 at 12:55 am

    I have only seen these in pictures… What causes the Halo? Is this something that only happens in certain areas?

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  7. Kjersti
    Kjersti on 01.03.2010 at 2:37 am

    Love this photo!

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  8. Michael Andrew
    Michael Andrew on 01.03.2010 at 3:03 am

    I’m not sure what causes it. There was a big bonfire activity out here in the desert, and I noticed the halo walking back to my car. Luckily, I had all of my camera gear with me, and decided to set up and go for it. There are actually 2 exposures here, one for the foreground and one for the sky, which was run through Paintballer Pro. The are merged together in the horizon. I also did an HDR shot with this, but because the exposures were so long, the clouds were washed out and it didnt look as good.

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  9. Jose
    Jose on 01.03.2010 at 4:52 am

    The Halo is created by the moon light reflecting of the ice in the clouds at a specific angle witch then creates the "Halo"

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  10. chaos2k
    chaos2k on 01.03.2010 at 10:38 am

    there was also A partial lunar eclipse was visible on New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2009. not sure if that had anything to do with it

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  11. Kelly
    Kelly on 01.07.2010 at 9:10 am

    I LOVE this shot! Brilliant

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