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🧪 Lunar Halo Simulator

This simulation demonstrates the phenomenon of atmospheric refraction creating lunar halos. It illustrates how light bends as it passes through Earth's atmosphere, producing a ring-like image around the Moon due to ice crystals in high clouds.

Physics & Mechanics3DModerate60 FPS💨 Air & Wind🌍 Earth❄️ Ice & Cold
lunar-halo-simulator ↗ Open standalone
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This simulation demonstrates the phenomenon of atmospheric refraction creating lunar halos. It illustrates how light bends as it passes through Earth's atmosphere, producing a ring-like image around the Moon due to ice crystals in high clouds.

Lunar HaloAtmospheric RefractionIce Crystals

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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