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- hydr, on 05/29/2008, -1/+22From Wikipedia:
A moonbow (also known as a lunar rainbow, lunar bow or white rainbow) is a rainbow produced by the moon rather than the sun. Moonbows are relatively faint, due to the smaller amount of light from the Moon. They are always in the opposite part of the sky from the moon.
It is difficult to discern colours in a moonbow because the light is usually too faint to excite the cone colour receptors in our eyes. As a result, they often appear to be white.[1] However, the colours in a moonbow do appear in long exposure photographs.
A coloured circle around the moon is not a moonbow—it is usually a 22° halo produced by refraction through hexagonal ice crystals in cirrus cloud. Coloured rings close to the moon are a corona, a diffraction phenomenon produced by very small water droplets or ice crystals in clouds.
Moonbows are most easily viewed when the moon is near to full (when it is brightest). For other than those produced by waterfalls, the moon must be low in the sky (less than 42 degrees and preferably lower) and the sky must be dark. And of course there must be rain falling opposite the moon. This combination of requirements makes moonbows much more rare than rainbows produced by the sun.
There have been rare instances of rainbows appearing around the moon itself in foggy weather.
Few places in the world frequently feature this phenomenon. Cumberland Falls[2], near Williamsburg [1], Kentucky], Kentucky, U.S.A.; Waimea, Hawaii; and Victoria Falls on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe are widely known for moonbow occurrence. - bixby1, on 05/29/2008, -1/+13just a magical image. made me feel all warm and fuzzy.
- babychen, on 05/29/2008, -2/+13Never heard about rainbows at night before...
- dimmerswitch, on 05/29/2008, -1/+11awesome shot - perfectly shaped rainbow as well.
- dleesgeetar, on 05/29/2008, -1/+11absolutely beautiful, almost enough to make me religious . . .
- inactive, on 05/29/2008, -1/+10beautiful I have never seen that before.
- bootstrap, on 05/29/2008, -1/+10beautiful and amazing
- BeeArePro, on 05/30/2008, -0/+8Why are they called rainbows? I understand the rain part, but bows..?
- sungoddess808, on 05/29/2008, -1/+9What an amazing sight! Totally awesome! =)
- sirmcdiznuts, on 05/30/2008, -0/+8Never even heard of a moonbow but it looks amazing.
- MayleneSotD, on 05/30/2008, -0/+7That's actually pretty sick...impressive
- warrior007, on 05/30/2008, -0/+7Amazing , this is the first time i saw
- inactive, on 05/30/2008, -0/+7Simply stunning and you learn something new everyday - a moonbow. Would love to see one for real one day.
- DrCrankenstein, on 05/30/2008, -0/+7That is unbelievable. So glad to see that.
- shankarganesh, on 05/30/2008, -0/+7stunning shot
- sloworbit, on 05/30/2008, -0/+7That's pretty,i would like to set on the edge of that rainbow with a leprechaun and do bong hits.And then i would wait till that leprechaun was good and stoned and steal his pot of gold...and go buy more weed.
- liamvictor, on 05/30/2008, -0/+6What a cracking find. Thank you
- chethanp, on 05/30/2008, -0/+6fantastic view...rainbow at night?
- madmondo, on 05/30/2008, -0/+6Man that is cool, frist time I've ever seen that.
- Jasper710, on 05/30/2008, -0/+6looks kinda fake, no?
- oboy, on 05/30/2008, -0/+6Remarkable.
- thedzigner, on 05/30/2008, -0/+5So, if you get a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, what do you get at the end of a moonbow?
- Rockstarsid, on 05/30/2008, -0/+5Cool
- PatrickA, on 05/30/2008, -0/+5Probably the coolest moonbow I will see today.
- cybrspin, on 05/30/2008, -0/+5wonderful shot absolutley love it :)
- bunkertor7, on 05/30/2008, -0/+4And how many cocktails have you had before taking this shot? :D
- baylat, on 05/30/2008, -0/+3Thanks for the information. Moonbow.. cool
- masanook, on 05/30/2008, -0/+3wonder shot
very nice
thank you for share - hairypothead, on 05/30/2008, -0/+3Now there's something you don't see every day.
- sterntastic223, on 05/29/2008, -1/+3Enough to make me recant Scientology...
- plup, on 05/30/2008, -0/+2That was almost an haiku.
- pentupentropy, on 05/29/2008, -1/+3neither have I. That's pretty cool.
- inactive, on 05/30/2008, -0/+2Thanks a lot
I have never heard about moonbows ))
really cool stuff - pixelskew, on 05/30/2008, -0/+2read jentrax's other comments. "God" truly broke the idiot mold on this one.
- plup, on 05/30/2008, -0/+2Women.
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..... :( - adnerb06, on 05/30/2008, -0/+1mirror: http://corcholat.com/uploads/img/arcoiris_de_noche ...
- ksuralta, on 05/30/2008, -0/+1Been to Cumberland Falls. Yay! :)
- tadhgisaledgend, on 05/30/2008, -0/+1Do you realize you are the only one buried on this entire page?
- frozzenst, on 05/30/2008, -0/+1amazing photos, diggboss! It looks like Norway in mid-summer, once-in-a-lifetime fantastic shots. The rest of the photos look like experiencing photoshop, right. Still, very nice
- fakonig, on 05/30/2008, -0/+1Cool, it is spectacular, my dream is to see the Aurora Borealis with my own eyes.
- depanca, on 05/31/2008, -0/+0so.. beautifull.... nice post bro.. ;)
- jaydoodle, on 05/30/2008, -0/+0Very cool indeed. Nice photos !
- SunAlex, on 08/26/2008, -1/+0rainbow at night? never heard about this. I think it's not real. something is wrong.
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