Sunday, November 25, 2007

the moon

so, we stepped outside tonight and happened to glance up @ the moon. we were amazed by how it looked.





really cool stuff. just loved the ring. i've seen this type of thing before, but never so big and far away from the moon.

7 comments:

Dorktown Podcast said...

Dammit Ed, you beat me to it...(I'll still blog about it though).

That was the biggest one of those I've ever seen.

timidvenus said...

nice picture

edluv said...

thanks

Adam said...

Here's an explanation.

They also happen around the sun.

edluv said...

does the explanation explain why last night's was so large? i'm too lazy to click on the link.




and i hate science.

m.wise said...

whenever my family is at the desert, if the moon is out, you can see 3 or 4 layers of rings around the moon. it is always great. and you can see so many stars so clearly.

Adam said...

I think typically, they're about the same size because it's based on the 22 degrees you get from an equilateral triangle which is what makes the the hexagonal ice crystals.

I think it's more of a brightness factor. Perhaps the fullness of the moon?