Blue Ring Around Moon

A halo rings the bright moon and planet jupiter left of moon credit.

Blue ring around moon.

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. Folklore has it that the blue ring will be followed by snow or rain. These clouds contain millions of tiny ice crystals. Look up at the sky on any clear night and you may spot our moon our nearest celestial neighbor.

And before you ask. Photo was taken by an iphone camera through a telescope on the 3rd this month. I was just outside and noticed the moon has a blue ring around it. Photo was taken by an iphone camera through a telescope on the 3rd this month.

This is about the same size as your open hand on your. The phenomenon of a lunar halo is similar to a rainbow produced by sunlight and rain falling between your eye and the sun. 5 296 posts read 5 468 147 times. The moon always looked a little bluish to me.

You totally might be able to tell if rain is coming if you see a ring around the moon. Posted by 6 years ago. This blue ring around the moon was spotted while digiscoping with a vanguard vsp 61 spotting scope. I haven t had any eggnog.

The condition is usually seen in older adults but can affect people of all ages even appearing at birth. Can someone explain this blue ring around the edge of the moon. 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. Can someone explain this blue ring around the edge of the moon.

Your eyes may have a slight preference for blue in your color sc. Bob king the size of the ring is most commonly 22 degrees. I have always see a haze around the moon that changes due to humidity level. Arcus senilis appears as a white gray or blue ring or arc around the cornea of the eye.

Every ones eyes are different. 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. 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. 12 13 2008 07 05 pm stuckpa.

Halos are a sign of high thin cirrus clouds drifting 20 000 feet or more above our heads.