[vundy33]

Hey everyone, go look at the moon ASAP! There is a huge, perfect ring around it. Freakin' unbelievable...

[Wildcatk23]

I seen it a about an hour ago. It was amazing.

[Stardust]

Too cloudy for me to see it vundy

[vundy33]

^^^You're really missing out man..it's crazy.

[Stardust]

^ Hopefully one of the media outlets captures a shot of it

[Wildcatk23]

Is it some sort of ice Crystals or is this a Blame Bush Scenario?

[nky]

It was Bush's fault.......................and Big Oil

[Stardust]

^ Well, where you guys come from, it could be the "Meth" Crystals as well.....

[nky]

^NIce one

[Wildcatk23]

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[Spud6]

It looks really cool.

And doesn't that mean that we are going to be getting snow?

[vundy33]

It's called a Lunar Halo I think...I love it, amazing stuff. Never seen anything like it before.

[Spud6]

^Do you know what it means Vundy?

[RunItUpTheGut]

^Do you know what it means Vundy?

What makes a halo around the moon?

We’ve gotten lots of messages from people who have seen rings around the moon and wonder what they are. Sometimes you look up on a clear night and see a huge circle of light around the moon. This circle is called a lunar halo. We get many messages each month from people who’ve seen rings around the moon. They’re pretty common, but they’re so mysterious looking that people often express amazement upon seeing them.

Notice in the photos that the sky looks fairly clear. After all, you can see the moon. And yet halos are a sign of high thin cirrus clouds drifting 20,000 feet or more above our heads. These clouds contain millions of tiny ice crystals. The halos you see are glints of light from these ice crystals, which have to be oriented and positioned just so with respect to your eye, in order for the halo to appear.

That’s why, like rainbows, halos around the moon – or sun – are personal. Everyone sees their own particular halo, made by their own particular ice crystals, which are different from the ice crystals making the halo of the person standing next to you.

The lunar halo photo at right is by master sky photographer Dan Bush.

Because moonlight isn’t very bright, lunar halos are mostly colorless, but you might notice more red on the inside and more blue on the outside of the halo. These colors are more noticeable in halos around the sun. If you do see a halo around the moon or sun, notice that the inner edge is sharp, while the outer edge is more diffuse. Also, notice that the sky surrounding the halo is darker than the rest of the sky.

By the way, there’s an old weather saying: “ring around the moon means rain soon.” There’s truth to this saying, because high cirrus clouds often come before a storm.

[Image: http://en.esimg.org/upl/2010/03/halo_moon_640.jpg]

[Image: http://en.esimg.org/upl/2009/01/lunar_ha...sh_325.jpg]

http://earthsky.org/space/what-makes-a-h...d-the-moon

[vundy33]

lol, well, it's rained all day today...I just hope we get some snow soon.

[Real Badman]

It just means it's going to snow soon....

[RunItUpTheGut]

I dont think it will snow more than 2 more time this year, if that.
Personally id rather it just go ahead and start warming up that way ev erybody dont get sick again.

[OffTheHook]

Was at Paintsville lake the night this happened and it was crystal clear and amazing!!!! There was seven people on the back boat deck acting like kids with ooos and aaaas...lol! And everyone of us started dialing our phones telling people to look up...lol!