Photo: Mars and a Moonbow

nationalgeographic ^ | February 10, 2010

[JoeProBono]

Mars shines like a bright red star over a "moonbow" in fog surrounding Hawaii's Halaekala volcano. The recently released picture was taken as Mars was about to make its closest pass by Earth for 2010 in late January.

The lunar rainbow was created as moonlight passed through tiny droplets of water in the fog.

[John-Irish]

I’ve wanted to set my telescope up and get a look at Mars but there’s about two and a half feet of snow in the backyard.

[Republic]

Our earth is so BEAUTIFUL! And what a moment this photographer captured. Thanks for posting it. And Thank You God for such a beautiful, breathtaking planet!

[JoeProBono]

[John-Irish]

Holy Smokes Joe, where did this come from?

[JoeProBono]

China - where everything comes from.

[John-Irish]

“Where everything comes from’’ LOL!. True that. I kind of thought that was where it was from. The Chinese seem to have a positive talent for stacking stuff up on the smallest of cars or motorcycles. Don’t know how they do it.

[TheVitaminPress]

Stunning!

[fish hawk]

I never heard of a rainbow from the light of the moon until 40 years ago when I first moved to Maui. It was so awesome I had to pull over to the side of the road and get out of the car to look at it. Since then I’ve see many but only in Hawaii. I guess the conditions are just right for it here. By the way, for those of you that doubt the Green Flash at sunset time, I’ve seem hundreds of them. Of course the sun has to set in the ocean not over land.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Thanks, Joe!
Beautiful!
PINGING a FRiend!

[JoeProBono]

My pleasure

[Danae]

So... beautiful...

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Little Devil and Joe!

Thanks for the pic...it's a keeper. Makes me want to visit Maui again, get up in the middle of the night and race up Haleakala for a glimpse of the false dawn sky.