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janicels · Post by **janicels** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:52 am

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008 ... ?list64964

sattelite5812 · Post by **sattelite5812** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 8:10 pm

Funny, I was just reading that page earlier this evening! Hopefully the Pacific NW's famous cloud cover will recede long enough for us to enjoy the view.

Thanks for the nudge, most of us don't look up often enough

wedeliver · Post by **wedeliver** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 6:49 am

It even seems brighter then normal. I didn't need a flashlight to see outside last night.

Post by **Elderberry** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:28 am

wedeliver wrote:It even seems brighter then normal. I didn't need a flashlight to see outside last night.

Then you should check it out again tonight. It's the 12th that it will be the biggest.

JK

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 8:13 am

Unfortunately, here in Michigan, when I look up I just see the usual winter grey

But at least when I look up at night, I don't see grey, just darkness

5, 5 posts ah ah ahhhhhh

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 8:15 am

Sail Man wrote:Unfortunately, here in Michigan, when I look up I just see the usual winter grey

5, 5 posts ah ah ahhhhhh

chuckling.........

wedeliver · Post by **wedeliver** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 8:14 pm

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 8:35 am

Hmmm, yep. Still grey today............

sigh......

Artemis · Post by **Artemis** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 12:12 pm

The moon was absolutely gorgeous last night in NYC. Had a wonderful rainbowish halo.

wedeliver · Post by **wedeliver** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 3:08 pm

http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moonring/

The moon can produce interesting optical effects when conditions are right. The most common of which are moon rings, moon bows, which are similar to rainbows, moon dogs and moon pillars. A rainbow is produced when sunlight is refracted through water droplets - A similar effect is produced when moon light refracts through ice crystals. Below are a few photographs and examples about this interesting phenomena. Thanks to everyone that helped me put together this simple explanation of moon light effects.

A Ring Around The Moon
The ring around the Moon is caused by the refraction of Moonlight (which of course is reflected sunlight) from ice crystals in the upper atmosphere. The shape of the ice crystals results in a focusing of the light into a ring. Since the ice crystals typically have the same shape, namely a hexagonal shape, the Moon ring is almost always the same size.

Less typical are the halos that may be produced by different angles in the crystals. They can create halos with an angle of 46 degrees.

Moon Ring Weather Folklore
Folklore has it that a ring around the moon signifies bad weather is coming, and in many cases this may be true. So how can rings around the moon be a predictor of weather to come? The ice crystals that cover the halo signify high altitude, thin cirrus clouds that normally precede a warm front by one or two days. Typically, a warm front will be associated with a low pressure system which is commonly referred to as a storm.
It is believed that the number of stars within a moon halo indicate the number days before bad weather will arrive. Give it a try the next time you observe a moon halo.

I like moon wolves

HOOOWL HOOOOWL

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 3:49 pm

wedeliver wrote:I like moon wolves HOOOWL HOOOOWL

We have a cabin in northern Ontario, remote, only accessible by boat. No wolves that we know of, but there are Loons. They have a most eerie sound, almost wolf-like. They have different cries depending on what their up to, very beautiful, and hearing them reminds me that I'm in a happy place