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neepnipper
10-Feb-06, 22:46
Has anyone else seen the moon tonight, it's really weird with a wide halo of light or cloud around it, is this a phenomenon?
It's certainly phenomenal............try looking directly at the moon itself.....does it look like its vibrating?
neepnipper
10-Feb-06, 22:53
Maybe we're getting sucked in to a black hole!
Just spent the whole time it took to smoke a fag gazing at it, it's pretty amazing even if it ain't a phenomenon..........infact i feel like another right now!!!!!
The halo effect was really cool.
Some info on how it is formed and a really nice picture here:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000515.html
neepnipper
10-Feb-06, 23:00
Thanks for the rational explanation!
The moon looked great this morning about 5 oclock when heading to work .
When the moon has a pronounced halo it is a sign of moisture in the air and usually precedes a wet front moving in.
"The closer the halo, the nearer the storm, " is quite a common country adage.
It is really weird, I've never seen a halo as big as that before! :D
Ju st had a look never seen it like that before . coollllllllll
In yorkshire we used to call them snow rings - guess due to the cold and everthing that is mentioned on the link it kind of makes sense - but still an old wives name for it.
I had a look at the moon tonight when I went outside for a minute.... that was one big halo!
Are you the same Lizz on the chat. From Mac
i noticed the moon was really bright tonight but didnt look at it closely enough to see the halo wish i did the photo on the link looks ace.
Seen it while I was out around 9-10'ish.
I thought it was to do with the frost/cold being in the clouds and the suns rays that are being reflected off the moon were melting an even circle around it.
Guess I was wrong...... [disgust]
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