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 Lunar Corona Above the Rocca del Brunelleschi

   October 08, 2021

    VIcopisano-con-Luna-FINALE

   Photographer:  Marco Meniero

   Summary Author:  Marco Meniero;  Jim Foster

   Featured above is a charming  lunar corona as observed above the
   Rocca del Brunelleschi in Tuscany, Italy, on the night of July 12,
   2021. Coronas consist of two or more concentric, pastel-colored rings.
   The central bright area is called the  aureole, which has the
   appearance of a bluish-white disk that fades to reddish-brown towards
   the edge. Note that the aureole is sometimes the only visible portion
   of a lunar or solar corona.  Diffraction of moonlight by minute
    water droplets that compose mid-level clouds is responsible for the
   formation of coronas.

   The  Rocca del Brunelleschi and its renowned tower was commissioned
   to the architect Filippo  Brunelleschi in 1434 when the village of
    Vicopisano, where the tower now stands, was successfully defended
   after being besieged for eight months by the Florentines.

   Photo details: Eos 1DXMK2 camera; Sigma 105; f/1.4.
     * Vicopisano, Tuscany, Italy Coordinates: 43.6991, 10.5831

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