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02/12/2011 01:57:00 AM · #1 |
Just saw this tonight when I was taking the dog out. Thought I'd grab a picture of a nice moon halo.
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02/12/2011 07:53:30 AM · #2 |
You know what they say about moon halos.........
"See a ring around the moon, rain or snow next day by noon". |
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02/12/2011 10:16:53 AM · #3 |
| Nice. If you look even closer you can notice some color in there too! |
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02/12/2011 12:32:56 PM · #4 |
| Ya I noticed that color, although I think the processing brought that out. You couldn't really notice it with the naked eye. I would have originally called this a moonbow, but I've learned that those are just rainbows that use the light of the moon. |
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02/12/2011 12:45:20 PM · #5 |
| Wow...i thought that was my pic, i have one JUST like it haha |
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02/12/2011 12:48:21 PM · #6 |
Right, technically not a rainbow. But, those ice crystals that form the halos can diffract just the same. Its just the moon is so dim relative to the sun that the human eye can't always see the color. Its just really cool your photo brought that out.
I once saw a sun dog so bright and strong it formed a perfect mini-rainbow (can't remember the technical name) right in the sky. Was driving....so no photo. :(
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Ya I noticed that color, although I think the processing brought that out. You couldn't really notice it with the naked eye. I would have originally called this a moonbow, but I've learned that those are just rainbows that use the light of the moon. |
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02/12/2011 01:21:56 PM · #7 |
| Halos are much like sun dogs. Look at THIS movie and see what the rocket does to the sun dog. The movie plays best if you let most of it download before trying to play it. |
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02/12/2011 01:26:36 PM · #8 |
Very nice picture!
Interestingly, just yesterday I got this interesting NASA article on sun dogs, and the effect of rocket exhaust passing nearby.
This article links to the same movie ...
Message edited by author 2011-02-12 13:27:29. |
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