The night sky sparked a halo over the Atlantic coast ⚡🌙 A bright lunar halo formed as moonlight passed through countless hexagonal ice crystals high in thin cirrus clouds, bending the light into a perfect ring. At the same time, distant thunderstorms lit the sky with branching lightning, briefly turning the calm shoreline into a stage of electric contrast. The glow around the Moon is steady and geometric .. the lightning is momentary. This is a 22-degree lunar halo paired with active storm cell