Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Lunar fog bow

I'm heading off to the Seattle Flower Show (with camera) today, but this morning when I read my usual websites, I realized that you might not know about the Astronomy Picture of the Day. This is what they had on there yesterday, and it just took my breath away. Here's the description, from that page (all those links are from APOD):
Arching across the lower part of the image is a rare lunar fog bow. Unlike a more commonly seen rainbow, which is created by sunlight reflected prismatically by falling rain, this fog bow was created by moonlight reflected by the small water drops that compose fog. Although most fog bows appear white, all of the colors of the rainbow were somehow visible here. The above image was taken from high atop Haleakala, a huge volcano in Hawaii, USA.
And that lovely shining star is Mars, taken two weeks ago when it was very bright. Enjoy! Tomorrow, lots of flower pictures!
:-)

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