Who says only the sun can create rainbows? The moonbow or lunar rainbow is created when light from a very bright full moon less than 42º high in the sky, is shining towards the rain opposite the moon. Moonbows are extremely rare. I've been doing astronomy since I was 10 and I have never come across one.
Friday, May 19, 2006
It's not a rainbow. It's a moonbow!
Who says only the sun can create rainbows? The moonbow or lunar rainbow is created when light from a very bright full moon less than 42º high in the sky, is shining towards the rain opposite the moon. Moonbows are extremely rare. I've been doing astronomy since I was 10 and I have never come across one.
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There is a MOONBOW!
Somewhere over the moonbow...
Hehehe.
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