Look At The Moon

[Jeff '79]

There's a really big ring around it.....:cool1:

http://i999.photobucket.com/albums/af113/jeff79/DSC03498.jpg

http://i999.photobucket.com/albums/af113/jeff79/DSC03496.jpg

[theriver]

I've always thought that meant precip. (snow) coming

[Datawiz]

I thought it meant you had astigmatism. :lol:

[theriver]

could be. 44 y/o and eyesight suddenly gone to shet

[Low12s]

Simply means you should lay off the dope.

[Jeff '79]

There's 2 pics for proof....It looks like a perfect bewb....Anyone else see it ? The circle is so big, that I couldn't fit the entire thing in the lens.

[CP]

"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....

[DAB]

Moon dog.

Caused by moisture in the air.

Similar to sun dogs found in polar regions.

[LisaJohn]

I just went outside and I can see the ring around the moon too.
Geeze...I hope it doesn't snow here. I don't like snow!!!!I could go the rest of my life without being near snow.

[Curvette]

Here is my moon tonight...(Hum..:confused5: that sounds weird)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/syncopation/newfull2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/syncopation/newyearfullmoon.jpg

[Mike Mercury]

Look At The Moon;

There's a really big ring around it

who farted ?

[ApexOversteer]

Had a really bright one here a couple weeks back, you could see the rainbow effect quite well...

Check this out... NASA photog Lauren Harnett caught these images of the ISS on transit across the moon a few days ago from Johnson Space Center in Houston...

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/ApexOversteer/iss-moon1.jpg

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/ApexOversteer/iss-moon2.jpg

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/ApexOversteer/iss-moon3.jpg

... and here is a composite of the entire transit...

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/ApexOversteer/iss-moon4.jpg

... and if you'd like to try this, here are the specs of her set up...

Nikon D3S, 600mm lens and 2x converter, Heavy Duty Bogen Tripod with sandbag and a trigger cable to minimize camera shake. The camera settings were as follows: 1/1600 @ f/8, ISO 2500 on High Continuous Burst.

[Kerrmudgeon]

Here is my moon tonight...(Hum..:confused5: that sounds weird)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/syncopation/newfull2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/syncopation/newyearfullmoon.jpg

Nice shots of the Oregon landscape Suzan, that little Nikon is a great deal for the $$$!:seasix:

[Olustee bus]

"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....

Dayam you are one smart dude! Where did you learn all that?

[carlton_fritz]

Moon? Who gets to stay up late enough to see that?

[lallend]

Moon? Who gets to stay up late enough to see that?Here in Vegas, for the last week or so, I've been seeing the Moon low in the eastern skies ~3:30-4:00pm (still daylight)