Photograph of corona around the moon taken by camera phone from Inverness doorstep
An amateur photographer took a rare picture of last night's corona in the moon-lit sky.
Lynn Taylor, from Kinmylies, said she did not have to go very far to capture the phenomenon, as she used her camera from her back door.
A lunar corona happens when thin clouds move across a bright moon giving the illusion of the moon surrounded by a bright disk and faint coloured rings.
Ms Taylor said the corona might be a sign of good things to come to Inverness.
Ms Taylor said: "As with all rainbows, coronas are meant to bring good luck to the area they're viewed in.
"In meteorology, a corona is an optical phenomenon produced by the diffraction of moonlight by individual small water droplets and sometimes tiny ice crystals of a cloud.
"The phenomenon is quite rare, as the ice crystals have to positioned exactly right in relation to where you are looking up in order for the halo to appear."
She continued: "It is rare to be able to see the moon corona without a long exposure camera and usually you only see it as white.
"I just used my phone, so not great, but it was beautiful and very clear."
