Blue Ring Around Moon

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Blue ring around moon. The phenomenon of a lunar halo is similar to a rainbow produced by sunlight and rain falling between your eye and the sun. A halo rings the bright moon and planet jupiter left of moon credit. Your eyes may have a slight preference for blue in your color sc. The prism effect of light passing through these six sided ice crystals separates the light into its various colors resulting in a halo tinged with very pale rainbow colors with red on the inside and blue on the outside.

Of course the emphasis is on might and not totally and what we re seeing isn t really a function of the moon telling us what the weather will be but a more mundane atmospheric condition that just happens to be caught in the glowing light of the moon. Look up at the sky on any clear night and you may spot our moon our nearest celestial neighbor. This is about the same size as your open hand on your. I was just outside and noticed the moon has a blue ring around it.

Bob king the size of the ring is most commonly 22 degrees. And before you ask. Can someone explain this blue ring around the edge of the moon. These clouds contain millions of tiny ice crystals.

Photo was taken by an iphone camera through a telescope on the 3rd this month. The scientific explanation is that the blue ring is caused by tiny ice particles in the upper layers of the atmosphere so yes there is a probability that it might rain. I haven t had any eggnog. Posted by 6 years ago.

I have always see a haze around the moon that changes due to humidity level. Photo was taken by an iphone camera through a telescope on the 3rd this month. The condition is usually seen in older adults but can affect people of all ages even appearing at birth. 12 13 2008 07 05 pm stuckpa.

You totally might be able to tell if rain is coming if you see a ring around the moon. Folklore has it that the blue ring will be followed by snow or rain. Every ones eyes are different. The moon always looked a little bluish to me.

There can be so many causes. This blue ring around the moon was spotted while digiscoping with a vanguard vsp 61 spotting scope. Arcus senilis appears as a white gray or blue ring or arc around the cornea of the eye. The halos you see are caused by both refraction or splitting of light and also by reflection or glints of light from these ice crystals the crystals have to be oriented and positioned just so with respect to your eye in order for the halo to appear.

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