Alaskan Moondogs . ... 20.03.2016 . ... Moonlight illuminates a snowy scene in this night land and skyscape made on 2013 January from Lower Miller Creek, Alaska, USA. Overexposed near the mountainous western horizon is the first quarter Moon itself, surrounded by an icy halo and flanked left and right by moondogs . Sometimes called mock moons, a more scientific name for the luminous apparitions is paraselenae (plural). ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . ...