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jessica31876
12-10-2008, 08:40 PM
I dont know if it is this way everywhere but my daughter got me to go outside tonight and there is a huge ring around the moon. It is pretty cool to see. Id take pictures but I have no tripod and dont think I could capture it well enough without one to show what I mean. If you go outside right now though you should be able to see it too

Melissa Bennett
12-10-2008, 09:27 PM
Wish I could, we are socked in with clouds tonight.

jessica31876
12-10-2008, 09:48 PM
Im sorry you couldnt see it. It was pretty cool. It looks like it is mostly gone now because I just went back outside again. I did a google search and it said it is from a refraction of moonlight (or something like that LOL) It just looked like a large ring that surrounded the entire moon but it was really far away from the moon not like right next to it. I wonder if anyone else did take pictures. Gonna do a quick search to see if I can find a photo.Wish I could, we are socked in with clouds tonight.

Julie Billingsley
12-10-2008, 11:42 PM
I saw it too Jessica! It was weird! I'm in Oregon.

psalm149
12-10-2008, 11:45 PM
The old tale here in the South is that however many stars are inside that ring, that's the number of nights you have until it rains.