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Offline Conrad

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Harvest Moonbow (Rainbow from moonlight)
« on: September 13, 2011, 01:30:31 PM »
http://spaceweather.com/

Last night's Harvest Moon was so bright, it did something normally reserved for the sun. It made a rainbow:


"I was surprised to see a rainbow in a nighttime photograph taken nearly 2 hours before sunrise at 04:28 AM local time," says Marsha Adams of Sedona, Arizona The rainbow was apparently caused by the very bright Harvest Moon peering through the clouds. Camera was a Nikon D5000, 30 second exposure at f2.8.

(see the full sized pic here, http://spaceweather.com/submissions/pics/m/Marsha-Adams--110912--night-rainbow-2-C_1315860325.jpg)

Indeed, moonlight reflected by raindrops breaks into the colors of a rainbow just like sunlight does. It takes an especially bright Moon, however, to make the phenomenon visible to the human eye.
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Offline Pfloydgad

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Re: Harvest Moonbow (Rainbow from moonlight)
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2011, 09:08:51 PM »
Pretty rare thing, and to get a pic, even rarer.
Now get some rest Conrad.
Ride safe all, and ATGATT please.
Greg
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