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JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
edited July 2008 in A Moving Train
So there is a rather large, very beautiful, complete ring around the moon this evening.
Does anybody know about these? I've never seen it before.
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  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    Jeanie wrote:
    So there is a rather large, very beautiful, complete ring around the moon this evening.
    Does anybody know about these? I've never seen it before.

    It's the middle of the after-noon here :)
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  • 69charger69charger Posts: 1,045
    http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/circmoon.htm

    "22º halos often encircle the moon. More rarely, because the moon is relatively dim, it is possible to see moondogs and other halos. Colours are faint or non existent because their light is barely strong enough to excite the colour sensors of our eyes.

    Much smaller coloured rings sometimes surround the moon. These are not a halo but a corona produced by the diffraction of light by the water droplets of clouds. And of course moonlight creates a rainbow although to the unaided eye it is usually a wan creature devoid of colour."
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    69charger wrote:
    http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/circmoon.htm

    "22º halos often encircle the moon. More rarely, because the moon is relatively dim, it is possible to see moondogs and other halos. Colours are faint or non existent because their light is barely strong enough to excite the colour sensors of our eyes.

    Much smaller coloured rings sometimes surround the moon. These are not a halo but a corona produced by the diffraction of light by the water droplets of clouds. And of course moonlight creates a rainbow although to the unaided eye it is usually a wan creature devoid of colour."

    Thanks charger!! :) The 22d halo is exactly what it looks like! I had no clue.
    It's not a full moon, but the circle was complete and very beautiful. :)
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  • brokenarrowbrokenarrow Posts: 478
    Jeanie wrote:
    So there is a rather large, very beautiful, complete ring around the moon this evening.
    Does anybody know about these? I've never seen it before.

    Growing up, we were told that if they appear in the winter time it means it's going to snow. Anytime I've seen them in winter, sure enough, we have snow that night or the next day.

    Must be the corona factor, the water droplets in the atmosphere building up. That was interesting 69charger.
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    brokenarrow wrote:
    Growing up, we were told that if they appear in the winter time it means it's going to snow. Anytime I've seen them in winter, sure enough, we have snow that night or the next day.

    Must be the corona factor, the water droplets in the atmosphere building up. That was interesting 69charger.

    Oh that sounds interesting! Except that it never snows here! I wonder if it means it will? Be a minor miracle if it does. :)
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Ahnimus wrote:
    It's the middle of the after-noon here :)

    Oops!! I keep forgetting about that darn time bizo!!! ;)
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    theres a big ring around Uranus as well :rolleyes:
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    dunkman wrote:
    theres a big ring around Uranus as well :rolleyes:

    now dunky play nice! :p it was really pretty and I didn't know what it was.
    no need to degenerate so quickly to anal humor. ;)
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  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    I will look for it tonight - I've seen it before and its beautiful. Thanks for the heads up.
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    JaneNY wrote:
    I will look for it tonight - I've seen it before and its beautiful. Thanks for the heads up.


    Sooo?? Did you see it? :)
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  • IndianSummerIndianSummer Posts: 854
    yes such multicoloured rings around the moon are called "moonbow"s. it happens when there is moisture in the night air.
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  • DeniDeni Posts: 233
    brokenarrow wrote:
    Growing up, we were told that if they appear in the winter time it means it's going to snow. Anytime I've seen them in winter, sure enough, we have snow that night or the next day.

    Must be the corona factor, the water droplets in the atmosphere building up. That was interesting 69charger.

    I always heard it would rain when there was a ring around the moon. Then later I learned that moisture in the air cause the ring and that meant that the atmosphere was good for rain. So it works.
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  • hodgehodge Posts: 519
    i saw one of these last year and it was one of the most beautiful sights ever
    i love space and learning and thinking about it
    ..and you will come to find that we are all one mind, capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    hodge wrote:
    i saw one of these last year and it was one of the most beautiful sights ever
    i love space and learning and thinking about it

    I reckon it was such a soothing and magical thing to see hodge.
    And I'm so happy that I did. :)

    I love to watch the night sky, well the daytime sky too, but the night sky is so beautiful and you are often rewarded with little extra surprises that I love to find out about.

    I'm always out looking for comets and meteor showers, but I confess the moon is a personal favorite. I love to look at it at all the different stages of the lunar cycle. I usually take a look out to see what the moon is doing each evening. I especially love to watch it come up. When it's sooo BIG and buttery on the horizon. And I love watching the clouds pass over it. And to watch it gleaming as it moves across the sky. I usually look for the Southern Cross too. I don't tend to get into the science of it too much. I just enjoy the changing view. :)
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Deni wrote:
    I always heard it would rain when there was a ring around the moon. Then later I learned that moisture in the air cause the ring and that meant that the atmosphere was good for rain. So it works.


    I wish it worked here Deni. We are desperate for rain. There was a lot of moisture in the air the night of the ring, but we didn't get any rain. And we never get snow here. There was a heavy fog the next morning, but the sun burnt that off pretty quickly. And only a bit of spitting from the skies later in the week. Rain would be excellent here! We're all wishing for it. :)
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Another beautiful full moon out there tonight, all "tossed upon cloudy seas". :)

    AND the most amazing thing, this week I actually saw a shooting star. :)

    **sigh** Sooo pretty. :)
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    :) There's a nearly full moon out there tonight. :)

    So pretty!

    Beautiful clear sky and I'm staggering around out there look up and losing my balance! :D As usual! :p
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Just came in from outside and there's a HUGE ring around the moon tonight!!!

    A perfect arc, really big too. Just gorgeous. :)
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  • Sian-of-the-deadSian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=FIQ9HrrHVZk

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  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Jeanie wrote:
    :) There's a nearly full moon out there tonight. :)

    So pretty!

    Beautiful clear sky and I'm staggering around out there look up and losing my balance! :D As usual! :p
    :D I do that too. Saturday night at my sisters I was out having a cigarette and just standing with my head fully back... the sky was amazing... just scattered with stars!
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=FIQ9HrrHVZk

    ;)

    :D :rolleyes: Weird!!!

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=q78in4VntAQ
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    :D I do that too. Saturday night at my sisters I was out having a cigarette and just standing with my head fully back... the sky was amazing... just scattered with stars!

    :) I'm forever wandering around out there, with my head thrown back and staggering around, mesmerized. :)

    It's really beautiful out there tonight. :)
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  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Jeanie wrote:
    : ) I'm forever wandering around out there, with my head thrown back and staggering around, mesmerized. : )

    It's really beautiful out there tonight. : )
    :o I love that. Always makes me feel really small and appreciate the life, the world and everything in it :)

    The southern sky though :eek: wow! Do you know I never knew the stars were different in the south til I went to south africa and wasted too much time looking for the plough ;):D
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    I love that. Always makes me feel really small and appreciate the life, the world and everything in it

    Yep!! I love watching the moon, the stars. That they are such a constant is really comforting to me. Everything around me down here on earth could be going to hell in a handbag but when I look up and wonder at just how insignificant I really am, well they put everything into perspective really. :)

    Heineken Helen wrote:
    The southern sky though wow! Do you know I never knew the stars were different in the south til I went to south africa and wasted too much time looking for the plough

    hehe! :D I have a shocking time trying to find things and I can't believe how different the sky is in the Northern Hemisphere. It's awesome when you think of it! Different view. :)

    It's changed out there already too. Now there are clouds that have come across BUT the ring is still there, it's just smaller now and has a pinkish/reddish tinge to it through the clouds. :) Just awesome!! :)
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    My camera's not good enough to pick up the rings and stuff once the dark rolls in but I finally managed to get this one of the moon coming up tonight. I'm a bit excited about it because I've been snapping away at the moon for months and this is the clearest shot I've managed. At least now I know to try and take the pics while it's still light out. :) So pretty, and the pic doesn't do it justice but I'm happy to have finally captured it. :)

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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    shes a beautiful moon tonight. i was out in the darkness earlier just looking up and thinking about stuff. :)
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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    holy crap... I remember this thread.

    It was may of last year?

    time flies...
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  • electronblueelectronblue Posts: 3,460
    took a few pictures of the moon here early hours...~



    http://shutter06.pictures.aol.com/data/pictures/26/001/6F/FF/C8/E7/oZug-KjevlANipMGXyxc7jo4mfJO1-U+0300.jpg





    http://shutter07.pictures.aol.com/data/pictures/27/001/50/57/9D/BF/KVLjO1tizX6u7q09RojxPwz-fDQ8Tt9a0300.jpg
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    eddie's Tone rocks wrote:
    took a few pictures of the moon here early hours...~



    http://shutter06.pictures.aol.com/data/pictures/26/001/6F/FF/C8/E7/oZug-KjevlANipMGXyxc7jo4mfJO1-U+0300.jpg





    http://shutter07.pictures.aol.com/data/pictures/27/001/50/57/9D/BF/KVLjO1tizX6u7q09RojxPwz-fDQ8Tt9a0300.jpg

    :) Thanks etr. These are beautiful!!!

    I just wish I had one of those whiz bang cameras and lenses so I could take the kinds of photos of the moon that I see other people take.
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  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    I know it was a long time ago :D but here's a couple I took at Christmas

    http://photos-h.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v172/18/125/648930914/n648930914_853087_993.jpg

    http://photos-h.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v172/18/125/648930914/n648930914_853095_5536.jpg

    http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v172/18/125/648930914/n648930914_853097_6979.jpg

    Drink and boredom can make you do weird things :D
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
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