Where did the photo come from?

Barking and Dagenham group, there were lots of other photos but this was the best one.

Fascinating, would love to have seen it

Amazing.

Sure that`s not a camera effect or the angle of viewing out of the window. Windows can create weird ..

Here are 2 other photos from last nigh - all taken outdoors

I didn't see that but once saw the moon with a huge halo around it and it spooked us all as we didn'..

The effect is caused by viewing the moon through a very thin layer of cloud, possibly cirrus, which ..

@Ro... With the danger of being admonished for correcting you, light refraction not diffraction is th..

@Ca... You are quite right, thank you for pointing out my error, I mixed up my refraction with ..

Actually, is it not Dispersion rather than Refraction or Diffraction which is causing these effects ..

link to diagram,https://study.com/academy/lesson/refraction-dispersion-diffraction.html

@Cl... I think not Clive, the point is debatable but dispersion results from the refraction of diff..

......exactly what is happening to create the 'rainbow' halo effect !

@Cl... I agree Clive, but isn't that what I said in my opening comment?. I tried not to get too tec..

.....for which the correct name is Diffusion.....see tutorial.

@Cl... Diffusion results from refraction as your tutorial clearly shows, but have it your way.

QED ...... Happy New Year !

@Bo... it was a nice thought 😀

Didn't expect so much aggravation about it .

@Bo... That's what you get if you try to help some people.

Sharing a photo 😂

There are three dots on every post-top right hand corner. Click it and one says "turn off notificati..

@Kr... my notifications have not been working properly for the last few weeks . I can only ..

Well-clearly mine aren`t either or I wouldn`t have got a notification for your comment @Ro...🤣

Aah! It says `Unfollow discussion` not `turn off notifictions`-damn! That useful instruction must be..