I was in my yard tonight with telescope watching Jupiter. Jupiter is as close to the moon as it will be in the next 13 years. To my surprise, the moon had a corona which is pretty rare for where I am standing. I put my camera on a tripod and slowed the aperture way down and took a picture like this one. Imagine what early man in the wilderness would have thought at this sight. We look at early developmental religions sometimes and ridicule because of the simplicities and mythologies applied to explainable natural occurrences. I know the ring is there because of randomly placed hexagonal shaped ice crystals in the upper atmosphere refracting moon light at an optimal angle of about 21.84 degrees, but imagine looking into the sky and watching your god Jupiter getting closer and closer to the moon over several weeks and then all of a sudden the moon is surrounded by a ring. It must have been an awesome sight. It would be easy to think something different was about to happen. Anyway, my family and I was under the stars on a cool night talking and cuddling for warmth. I hope my children remember nights like this. I know I will.