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Did Anyone See This Moon In His/her Area Yesterday Night? by emmykey0128(m): 11:58pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
The ring is what
atmospheric scientists call a "halo" or
"glory." It probably looked something like
this:
A halo around the Moon Credit: APOD
Halos are caused by the light of the sun
or moon passing through a very thin layer
of cirruform (ice-crystal) clouds in the
upper atmosphere. The ice crystals
refract the light of the moon, similar to
the way water droplets in the lower
atmosphere can refract sunlight to
produce a rainbow. Just like a rainbow,
strong halos can have bands of color in
them, due to slightly different refractive
properties of the ice crystals for different
colors. Essentially, halos ARE rainbows
caused by primary refraction in ice
crystals.
Some interesting facts about halos: Halos
always occur exactly 22 degrees away
from the sun or moon. Occasionally,
intense halos can be double halos, just as
intense rainbows can be doubled. Intense
halos can also produce "moondogs" or
"sundogs," very bright regions on the
halo evenly spaced at 90 degree intervals
around the halo.
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Re: Did Anyone See This Moon In His/her Area Yesterday Night? by Fraih(f): 12:03am On Oct 26, 2015 |
Was there any trace of moon at all in my area? It was a very cold evening... |
Re: Did Anyone See This Moon In His/her Area Yesterday Night? by odinese(m): 12:08am On Oct 26, 2015 |
What is a moon? |
Re: Did Anyone See This Moon In His/her Area Yesterday Night? by Ahmba: 12:36am On Oct 26, 2015 |
Nope, I would have loved to see it though . I guess I'll have to take my bed or a chair outside and keep staring at the sky every night (like someone )if ever I wan see it |
Re: Did Anyone See This Moon In His/her Area Yesterday Night? by tpiah11: 4:28am On Oct 26, 2015 |
right on time. op at least you aren't linking the photo to anything yet. |
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