A thousand lights in the sky

It was an absolutely clear sky today. It was a full moon night as well. There is nothing new about it. I have seen it earlier as well in Antarctica. It seemed amazing then as well. But today was exceptional. It was 10 at night. I went out to have a feel of the weather. There was a bone chilling breeze blowing. The temperature was in the vicinity of -25ºC. I started feeling cold instantly as I was not properly dressed. I started to go inside but then I saw something strange. It was exceptionally bright outside. It was as if a thousand tubelights have been lighted up in the sky. The moon was exceptionally bright. We could see all the familiar, distant landmarks very clearly. The moonlight was being reflected from the snow deposited during the recent blizzards. If it were not windy, we could easily have gone for a walk without torch. The frozen surface of Priyadarshani lake was shining as if it was emitting light. All of Antarctica was bathed in the moon light. It appeared lighted up as if there was some festival coming up. Actually there is- The Mid- Winter day on 21st June.



The moon was so bright that I noticed myself squinting to see it. There was also a multi-coloured corona around it. It was exceptionally well marked today. It has come off beautifully in the photograph