Moon Halo

 

Got to see a moon halo and moon beams tonight: a combination of an almost full moon and cold cold weather.  The halo around the moon is because of it's light shining off ice crystals in high cirrus clouds.  The cirrus clouds are thin and hardly noticeable at night.  The moon beams are just crepuscular rays -  like the rays you can see when the sun's light breaks through holes in an overcast sky.  At night though they are caused when the moon's ethereal light breaks through those high cirrus clouds and is augmented by the ice crystals in the air.

Went into the library to start setting up the display cabinets for Christmas.  The librarian was manning the front desk because the scheduled volunteer had an unexpected doctor's appointment.  Decided to relieve him of front desk duties for a couple of hours until the afternoon volunteer arrived.  That way I could finish up stats for November and ask the afternoon volunteer if she could work for me at Christmas in the Village.  Finished the stats plus got a 'yes' from the volunteer.  Now just have to find out if I'm actually on the list of volunteers for that day.