hasbeen
Posts: 6,504
Dec 2, 2009 12:49am
There's a big old ring around the moon right now. Check it.
hoops23
Posts: 15,696
Dec 2, 2009 12:51am
Looks normal to me...
hasbeen
Posts: 6,504
Dec 2, 2009 12:54am
You can see it clearly here in Wilmington.
It's called a Lunar Halo. Supposedly predicts bad weather, but only is sometimes true.
It's called a Lunar Halo. Supposedly predicts bad weather, but only is sometimes true.
Firad
Posts: 1,525
Dec 2, 2009 1:18am
That is proof that the world will end December 21, 2012.
Go_Fast_Sports
Posts: 390
Dec 2, 2009 1:26am
I don't see a ring....but it as bright as ever...
CenterBHSFan
Posts: 6,115
Dec 2, 2009 1:31am
I can't see it, too many trees 
Speedofsand
Posts: 5,529
Dec 2, 2009 2:06am
I saw it here in Florida too. Really big ring.
hoops23
Posts: 15,696
Dec 2, 2009 2:12am
Yeah, I never saw a ring, but it was bright as hell...
ts1227
Posts: 12,319
Dec 2, 2009 2:14am
Curly J
Posts: 7,282
Dec 2, 2009 7:04pm
I checked it out about 1245am last nite, it was huge and did have a ring around it.
said_aouita
Posts: 8,532
Dec 2, 2009 7:17pm
In advance of approaching storm systems, especially in the winter, moisture in the upper levels of the atmosphere begin to increase first. The moisture is evident in the high clouds that begin to increase through the day. These high clouds or cirrus clouds are composed of fine crystals of ice.
It is only when a layer of cirrus clouds reaches the optimum thickness that a ring will be able to form. The layer of the clouds must not be too thick, however, or the light will not shine through the clouds.
The layer if cirrus clouds or ice crystals are critical because it is the ice crystals within the cirrus clouds that create the ring. As the light of the moon shines through the cirrus clouds the ice crystals cause the light from the moon to refract and produce the ring.
Refraction is the bending of light as it passes through one medium to the next. In the case of the ring around the moon the two mediums are the atmosphere and the ice crystal.
It is only when a layer of cirrus clouds reaches the optimum thickness that a ring will be able to form. The layer of the clouds must not be too thick, however, or the light will not shine through the clouds.
The layer if cirrus clouds or ice crystals are critical because it is the ice crystals within the cirrus clouds that create the ring. As the light of the moon shines through the cirrus clouds the ice crystals cause the light from the moon to refract and produce the ring.
Refraction is the bending of light as it passes through one medium to the next. In the case of the ring around the moon the two mediums are the atmosphere and the ice crystal.
gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Dec 2, 2009 7:20pm
said_aouita wrote: In advance of approaching storm systems, especially in the winter, moisture in the upper levels of the atmosphere begin to increase first. The moisture is evident in the high clouds that begin to increase through the day. These high clouds or cirrus clouds are composed of fine crystals of ice.
It is only when a layer of cirrus clouds reaches the optimum thickness that a ring will be able to form. The layer of the clouds must not be too thick, however, or the light will not shine through the clouds.
The layer if cirrus clouds or ice crystals are critical because it is the ice crystals within the cirrus clouds that create the ring. As the light of the moon shines through the cirrus clouds the ice crystals cause the light from the moon to refract and produce the ring.
Refraction is the bending of light as it passes through one medium to the next. In the case of the ring around the moon the two mediums are the atmosphere and the ice crystal.
Fab1b
Posts: 12,949
Dec 2, 2009 7:36pm
Better call George Noory
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friendfromlowry
Posts: 6,239
Dec 2, 2009 10:47pm
Ha my friend texted me at 2:00am this morning telling me to go look at the moon. When I woke up for work I was like, what the hell was he talking about? Now I know...
Will this happen again anytime soon? I'd like to see it.
Will this happen again anytime soon? I'd like to see it.
hasbeen
Posts: 6,504
Dec 2, 2009 10:54pm
According to the intrAnetZ, it's fairly common. I'm 21 years old and I have never seen one before last night.
dwccrew
Posts: 7,817
Dec 3, 2009 2:35am
If the world doesn't end then you owe me $5,000 on December 22, 2012.Firad wrote: That is proof that the world will end December 21, 2012.
Curly J
Posts: 7,282
Dec 3, 2009 2:52am
Checked tonight, can't see it due to clouds.
dwccrew
Posts: 7,817
Dec 3, 2009 2:53am
That's the weather the moon was predicting. Partly cloudy
Curly J
Posts: 7,282
Dec 3, 2009 2:58am
Partly ??? More like fully where I am. But last nite's moon was awesome. Been a while since I saw it like it was last nite. And yes I usually do look at it nightly at work.
Apple
Posts: 2,620
Dec 3, 2009 3:55am
Whatever your doing, I want two of them...
Curly J
Posts: 7,282
Dec 3, 2009 4:13am
I've already had a double of them Apple. Was worth it.
Scarlet_Buckeye
Posts: 5,264
Dec 3, 2009 9:30am
Huh?ts1227 wrote: http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moonring/