Show two boons in the washington sky about 1 oclo clr one morning recently a beautiful spectacle was presented ia the northwestern sky the moon was about 20 begs above the horizon and the air was so surcharged with moisture that a halo with an apparent diameter of eighty feet was formed in some parts this halo was rather indistinct but on the right hand of the moon as one looked toward the south the halo at one point gradually increased in brilliancy until there was a perfect mirage of the moon the phenomenon continued for several minutes and then faded away an observer thought that the best designation of it would be moon dog as it resembled the phenomenon which is produced sometimes by the atmosphere and the sun with the exception that the sun has annually four dogs washington post |