A most spectacular event

Standing out on the front stoop just now, I looked up at the full moon. I
was facing nearly due east. High thin clouds looked very much like the
ripples in the sand in the shallows of a lake. Something, presumably ice
crystals, between the observer on the ground and the clouds was refracting
the sunlight reflected off the moon. There was a bright white nimbus
surrounding the moon and extending about two apparent diameters of the moon
all around it. Outside this glowing patch was a ring of barely perceptible
red.....as near infrared as my eyes could detect. Outside that followed all
the colors of the spectrum; sort of a rainbow in the round. Outside that
was another complete rainbow and, outside that, a third. Barely visible in
the white patch were much smaller ripples than those formed by the high
clouds, traveling west to east.

It looked a lot prettier than it probably sounds.

There's a lot of really cool **** in this world......better than T.V. for
the most part.

Wolfgang

It looked a lot prettier than it probably sounds.

sounds kickass to me


There's a lot of really cool **** in this world......better than T.V. for
the most part.

Danl...where are you??

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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Standing out on the front stoop just now, I looked up at the full moon. I
was facing nearly due east. High thin clouds looked very much like the
ripples in the sand in the shallows of a lake. Something, presumably ice
crystals, between the observer on the ground and the clouds was refracting
the sunlight reflected off the moon. There was a bright white nimbus
surrounding the moon and extending about two apparent diameters of the
moon
all around it. Outside this glowing patch was a ring of barely
perceptible
red.....as near infrared as my eyes could detect. Outside that followed
all
the colors of the spectrum; sort of a rainbow in the round. Outside that
was another complete rainbow and, outside that, a third. Barely visible
in
the white patch were much smaller ripples than those formed by the high
clouds, traveling west to east.

It looked a lot prettier than it probably sounds.

There's a lot of really cool **** in this world......better than T.V. for
the most part.

Wolfgang


Garcon!!!! I'll have what he's having, please. Make it a double.

Danl

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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Standing out on the front stoop just now, I looked up at the full moon. I
was facing nearly due east. High thin clouds looked very much like the
ripples in the sand in the shallows of a lake. Something, presumably ice
crystals, between the observer on the ground and the clouds was refracting
the sunlight reflected off the moon. There was a bright white nimbus
surrounding the moon and extending about two apparent diameters of the moon
all around it. Outside this glowing patch was a ring of barely perceptible
red.....as near infrared as my eyes could detect. Outside that followed all
the colors of the spectrum; sort of a rainbow in the round. Outside that
was another complete rainbow and, outside that, a third. Barely visible in
the white patch were much smaller ripples than those formed by the high
clouds, traveling west to east.

It looked a lot prettier than it probably sounds.

There's a lot of really cool **** in this world......better than T.V. for
the most part.

That's the kind of cool stuff I just love. I was once driving pre-dawn to beat
the NYC traffic on my way to lower-NJ and, as I crested a hill, was witness to
an incredible meteorite display. I doubt I'll ever see anything like that again
in my lifetime, but at least I saw it then. Awesome.
--
TL,
Tim
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

Wolfgang wrote:

Standing out on the front stoop just now, I looked up at the full moon. I
was facing nearly due east. High thin clouds looked very much like the
ripples in the sand in the shallows of a lake. Something, presumably ice
crystals, between the observer on the ground and the clouds was refracting
the sunlight reflected off the moon. There was a bright white nimbus
surrounding the moon and extending about two apparent diameters of the moon
all around it. Outside this glowing patch was a ring of barely perceptible
red.....as near infrared as my eyes could detect. Outside that followed all
the colors of the spectrum; sort of a rainbow in the round. Outside that
was another complete rainbow and, outside that, a third. Barely visible in
the white patch were much smaller ripples than those formed by the high
clouds, traveling west to east.

It looked a lot prettier than it probably sounds.

There's a lot of really cool **** in this world......better than T.V. for
the most part.

Wolfgang



nice "trip" report

wally

To bad we know ( or think we know ) the scientific reason for these kind of
things. In ages past it was probably just as beautiful and we had to make
up a reason for it, or get the shaman or witchdoctor to do it.

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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Standing out on the front stoop just now, I looked up at the full moon. I
was facing nearly due east. High thin clouds looked very much like the
ripples in the sand in the shallows of a lake. Something, presumably ice
crystals, between the observer on the ground and the clouds was refracting
the sunlight reflected off the moon. There was a bright white nimbus
surrounding the moon and extending about two apparent diameters of the
moon
all around it. Outside this glowing patch was a ring of barely
perceptible
red.....as near infrared as my eyes could detect. Outside that followed
all
the colors of the spectrum; sort of a rainbow in the round. Outside that
was another complete rainbow and, outside that, a third. Barely visible
in
the white patch were much smaller ripples than those formed by the high
clouds, traveling west to east.

It looked a lot prettier than it probably sounds.

There's a lot of really cool **** in this world......better than T.V. for
the most part.

Wolfgang

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000515.html

a single refraction in the ice crystals give a ring at an angle of 22 degress.
Higher levels of refractions in
multiples of 22 and at lower intensity.

Wolfgang wrote:

Standing out on the front stoop just now, I looked up at the full moon. I
was facing nearly due east. High thin clouds looked very much like the
ripples in the sand in the shallows of a lake. Something, presumably ice
crystals, between the observer on the ground and the clouds was refracting
the sunlight reflected off the moon. There was a bright white nimbus
surrounding the moon and extending about two apparent diameters of the moon
all around it. Outside this glowing patch was a ring of barely perceptible
red.....as near infrared as my eyes could detect. Outside that followed all
the colors of the spectrum; sort of a rainbow in the round. Outside that
was another complete rainbow and, outside that, a third. Barely visible in
the white patch were much smaller ripples than those formed by the high
clouds, traveling west to east.

It looked a lot prettier than it probably sounds.

There's a lot of really cool **** in this world......better than T.V. for
the most part.

Wolfgang

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"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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There's a lot of really cool **** in this world......better than T.V. for
the most part.

Wolfgang

I'll say. It's so cold here that when I came in from my nightly walk I had
snotsicles on my mustache.

--
Stan Gula (OK, I'm not as poetic as Wolfgang...)

Yep saw it a couple of nights ago - I have been trying to get
a "good" digital picture of it for reference [for a "monster" movie
that's coming out this Spring]. If anyone gets a good snapshot
please send it my way. mkrasser(AT)pacbell(DOT)net or
marshall(AT)ilm(DOT)com

Thanks, Marshall

Wolfgang wrote:

Standing out on the front stoop just now, I looked up at the full moon. I
was facing nearly due east. High thin clouds looked very much like the
ripples in the sand in the shallows of a lake. Something, presumably ice
crystals, between the observer on the ground and the clouds was refracting
the sunlight reflected off the moon. There was a bright white nimbus
surrounding the moon and extending about two apparent diameters of the moon
all around it. Outside this glowing patch was a ring of barely perceptible
red.....as near infrared as my eyes could detect. Outside that followed all
the colors of the spectrum; sort of a rainbow in the round. Outside that
was another complete rainbow and, outside that, a third. Barely visible in
the white patch were much smaller ripples than those formed by the high
clouds, traveling west to east.

It looked a lot prettier than it probably sounds.

There's a lot of really cool **** in this world......better than T.V. for
the most part.

Wolfgang

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NOTE: Please remove "MY_WADERS" from my return Email address
if you wish to reply directly. Thanks, M

Cool stuff Wolf,

We would go out at night up at Little Glass Valley Reservoir at about 5,000'
and lay on our backs and watch the stars............very special.

Once I was at Christmas Island on a full moon with my brother. We sat
outside our little cottage drinking a beer and watching the moon. It was
real hard to stop and go to bed.

--
Bill Kiene

Kiene's Fly Shop
Sacramento, CA, USA
www.kiene.com

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Standing out on the front stoop just now, I looked up at the full moon. I
was facing nearly due east. High thin clouds looked very much like the
ripples in the sand in the shallows of a lake. Something, presumably ice
crystals, between the observer on the ground and the clouds was refracting
the sunlight reflected off the moon. There was a bright white nimbus
surrounding the moon and extending about two apparent diameters of the
moon
all around it. Outside this glowing patch was a ring of barely
perceptible
red.....as near infrared as my eyes could detect. Outside that followed
all
the colors of the spectrum; sort of a rainbow in the round. Outside that
was another complete rainbow and, outside that, a third. Barely visible
in
the white patch were much smaller ripples than those formed by the high
clouds, traveling west to east.

It looked a lot prettier than it probably sounds.

There's a lot of really cool **** in this world......better than T.V. for
the most part.

Wolfgang