Photo: Moondogs over Clyde River

Local photographer Niore Iqalukjuak braved icy temperatures — and possibly the flu — when he took his camera to a hilltop over Clyde River Jan. 4 at around 11 p.m. to capture this moon dog. According to the Farmer’s Almanac website, a moon dog, known in science as a lunar halo, is caused by the “rafraction, reflection, and dispersion of light through ice particles suspended within thin, wispy, high altitude cirrus or cirrostratus clouds.” As light passes through those ice crystals, it’s bent at a 22 degree angle causing a halo effect. If you look closely, sometimes you can see different colours of the spectrum in a lunar halo, most commonly pale red and blue. (PHOTO BY NIORE IQALUKJUAK)