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...can everyone see the huge ring around the moon tonight r is it just me?
Is it just me? (Moon Tonight)
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Dammit...It has the biggest moon ring I've ever seen...it's awesome...but kinda scary
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woah you actully noticed it too...i thought i was just seeing shit
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but i looked it up and there is like ice crystals in the upper atmosphere and the hexagonal shape of the crystals makes the light from the moon focus in a circular shape
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Cool man...that's awesome...ya I was kinda freaked out like 2012 was coming early.bigshotman59 said:
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yea its one of those things that happens ever so often and its a sight to see...nature is a amazing thingKrayDoesToThe said:
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Ya it does I'm glad I was up to see it.bigshotman59 said:
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TThe 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....
Folklore has it that a ring around the moon signifies bad weather is coming... The ice crystals that cover the halo signify high altitude, thin cirrus clouds that normally precede a warm front by one or two days. Typically, a warm front will be associated with a low pressure system which is commonly referred to as a storm....
It is believed that the number of stars within a moon halo indicate the number days before bad weather will arrive
Folklore has it that a ring around the moon signifies bad weather is coming... The ice crystals that cover the halo signify high altitude, thin cirrus clouds that normally precede a warm front by one or two days. Typically, a warm front will be associated with a low pressure system which is commonly referred to as a storm....
It is believed that the number of stars within a moon halo indicate the number days before bad weather will arrive
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Hey...I'm in ColoradoCrash Bandicoot said:
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Would have ben dope but it was last night.LehZeR said:
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Ape said:ironic, WestFan.
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