Comments on: Ring around the Moon

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:05:22 +0000

Man, I’ve should have done the same, I think last week or 2 weeks ago, I saw the same thing but it was on Venus, not the moon, all I had was my iPhone and the photo wasn’t great.

By: Becky

Becky — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:46:32 +0000

I’m 48 years old and I live in Kentucky. I have never seen the halo around the mo0n until 02-03-2012. It was right after my Sister passed away @ 7:30pm est. Some say it means 3 days of rain or snow. yes we had rain the next day. But call me crazy but me and all my family that was there when my sister passed away we think it was my sister letting us know she was in Heaven rejoicing with all of our family member that have done gone to meet our Lord and Savior. A lot of family,friends and our church Family saw this. But some friends that lives in the same town didn’t see this. it only lasted for a couple hours then it was gone.

By: claire

claire — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:03:44 +0000

I live in south Florida and the moon has a halo “ring” around it toni9ht 8:50pm…..wow what a sight! In my 65 years of life I have never seen a halo around the moon. I tried to take a photo but it did not come out.

By: netty

netty — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:27:27 +0000

I lived in bush alaska for years before seeing the Northern lights and was teased mercilessly for ‘kicking rocks’. “looking up”–its good advice, whether to see stars or if one is in an action movie

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:33:57 +0000

Saw this a couple nights here in good ol’ colorado…pretty beautiful.

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:34:36 +0000

Are there halos of different diameters? I’m pretty sure I’ve seen one about 10 degrees in radius, because I realized that would be the size of Jupiter if it took the Moon’s place. It’s fun to imagine Jupiter (or whatever is size-appropriate for the halo) actually being there.

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By: Moon Rings | Travel America

Moon Rings | Travel America — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:37:24 +0000

[...] had to go get my camera so I could capture the image and share it with you. Sometimes called a halo, these rings are formed by moonlight, which is reflected sunlight, refracting through ice crystals [...]

By: Rawinia

Rawinia — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:38:46 +0000

I saw a ring around the moon tonight. in past occasions when ive seen a ring around the moon it was raining the next morning without a doubt.ive seen about 4 or 5 in my lifetime and not one of them failed me…by the time i wake up…raining…i feel really guttered because i love looking at the night sky but i dont see much these days coz i live in the city compared to when i was little i always lived away from the city and i used to see everything in the night sky. i miss that

By: steven tan

steven tan — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:20:49 +0000

Go to search transparent UFO aliens on board huge space ship that photo I took on the night ring around the moon in Malaysia.

By: MaureenM

MaureenM — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:09:14 +0000

I live in LA, and the night that the moon and Jupiter were closest I was out walking my dog and (of course) looked up at the moon. I gasped as I saw a gorgeous halo around the moon and Jupiter, and just as I gasped, a meteor shot through one side of the halo. It was so completely awesome. I sent a big thank you up to the skies that night, and yes, I am very glad I looked up!

By: joshua smith

joshua smith — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 07:13:23 +0000

that happens ever five years and i dont know how long they last for and what month it starts
but my guess is that it will be in 5 years on october idk what day bc 5 years ago i think i saw it in december but im not sure its just a guess so it could be nov since this month i just seen it again 11th idk and it looks amazing but it hits that 22 angle ever 5 years idk know the months

By: .

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:19:07 +0000

hey! here’s another picture of the same thing in Israel at 10/11/11:
http://www.ynet.co.il/PicServer2/13062011/3554856/1_wa.jpg

By: steven tan

steven tan — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:23:21 +0000

last month 9/10/11 night in Malaysia I took 2 photo ring around the moon but it came out very strange there was a huge spaceship (one part of it) and a lots (maybe thousand) transparent aliens on board that spaceship (mother spaceship)not a small flying saucer NO JOKING go to my face book Steven Tan meng hui please Zoom the photo and analyse the moon and the spaceship or E-mail smhtan@hotmail.com I will sent some parts photo have been Zoom

By: jordan

jordan — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 03:25:59 +0000

its cuz of chemtrails at night man

By: Musical Lottie

Musical Lottie — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:56:13 +0000

Wow. I was lamenting to my mother last night that I hadn’t seen the stars for at least a week (but quite possibly longer) – it’s been 100% cloud cover, and the past few days we’ve had nothing but mist all day and all night. So while this photo makes me long even more to see beyond the clouds again, it’s also a lovely way to sort of see past the clouds by proxy

And I’ve never heard of or [knowingly] seen a 22° halo; even if it’s the only thing I shall have learned today I shall be very happy indeed!

By: Goodest

Goodest — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 05:42:26 +0000

I’ve seen moon halos all the time. But I’ve only seen an asphault halo once.

By: Wzrd1

Wzrd1 — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 02:16:15 +0000

@Meskine, that’ll come soon enough for me. I already have Raynaud’s, which is quite firmly linked to rheumatoid arthritis, so, it’ll come. :/
A for treating my body as a temple, never had the time to worship, I was on duty in unpleasant places.
So, it’s a necessary and accepted sacrifice for surviving an exciting and eventful life that I cannot relate. But, there were many fine moments.
I figured it was time to retire and try civilian life after I had lost as many men and buddies in total over my career as I had years of service (over 27), figured 28 might be me. Besides, old torn rotator cuffs made putting body armor on like the labors of Heracles.

By: Meskine

Meskine — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 01:57:38 +0000

@Wzrd1: I feel your pain my brother. I’m 54, and rather than treat my body as a temple, I treated it more like an amuement park ride. When I roll out of bed in the morning, it takes a few minutes to get fully erect. Unfortunately, there are some parts that no longer seem to get fully erect. (I’m talking arthritc fingers here, you filthy minded perverts.)

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:06:22 +0000

Robin @10: Better than Andromeda, we have the Milky Way up close and personal and it’s really not that bright. Spectacular from a dark location, but I find it somehow disappointing when I think about how many stars there are in the Milky Way and how faint they appear to the naked eye.

By: Kay

Kay — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:54:06 +0000

I love this site and check it almost daily. Although I’m fascinated with the science Phill talks about, I’m not smart enough (or disciplined enough) to nail down all the specifics of the science, which is why I enjoy reading Bad Astronomy. Phill spoon feeds me what I need to know to appreciate how fascinating the universe truly is.

But I couldn’t help but chuckle at the statement…”the bright blob in the middle is the Moon…” Come on..even I knew the bright blob was called the Moon!

By: Wzrd1

Wzrd1 — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:39:48 +0000

Joe, you’re obviously new here.
Phil invents these words to keep interest and generate a chuckle. Just as I, the house dictionary and encyclopedia, in a house with 6 dictionaries and 3 encyclopedias, started using words like “gooder” when our eldest child started college.
It got her attention.
Honestly, I’d rather he invent a word here and there than invent facts, like certain political candidates do on a regular basis!

@Infinite123Lifer #23, yes, I’m quite proficient at surviving. The only annoying thing is, I just turned 50 last Saturday. There ARE two things I’ve learned in life:
1: Interesting lives are typically marked by their brevity.
2: I’ve managed to survive an interesting life, a bit worse for wear.
It’s just extremely annoying, can’t see in the dark worth a dime any longer, can’t hear and enjoy my music any longer (hearing loss and tinnitus) and some joker keeps extending the distance I have to stretch to reach between up and down.
I also do an excellent impersonation of rice crispies in the morning, snap, crackle and pop. :/

By: pavium

pavium — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:38:42 +0000

What you say about looking up is true.

I worked with a person a few years back who had reached middle age without realising that the Moon is sometimes up during the day.

It all comes from not looking up…

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 06:48:37 +0000

A weeks ago Phil had me running to a dictionary to look up the word “Embiggen” which he used beneath a photo in a caption: Click here to Embiggen. It is not a real word and is sometimes mistakenly used for “enlarge.” Well, he’s at it again. Below his above photo he says to “Click to refractenate.” I googled this one. It doesn’t exist anywhere, in any form, for any purpose. Damn, he’s good. The Professor Irwin Corey of astronomy.

By: Infinite123Lifer

Infinite123Lifer — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:28:53 +0000

Correction:

I hope to have the opportunity to LIVE so long!