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Moon dog

author: L.Laveder/Novapix

reference: t-met03-70001

Image Size 300 DPI: 70 * 22 cm

These glowing patches on the right and left at the Moon's elevation are named Moon dog. Moon dogs are the same phenomenon as the sun dogs for the Sun. To the left of nearly full moon is the bright planet Jupiter. Image taken on july 17 2008.
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Keywords for this photo:

2008 - ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA - CIRROSTRATUS - CLOUD - EARTH - HALO - JUPITER - METEOROLOGY - MOON - MOON DOG - NIGHT - PANORAMA - PARASELENE - PLANET - POSTER - SATELLITE -