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Astronomy Picture of the Day - A Lunar Corona over Paris
NASA ^ | 30 May, 2024 | Image Credit & Copyright: Valter Binotto

Posted on 05/30/2024 12:18:52 PM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: Why does a cloudy moon sometimes appear colorful? The effect, called a lunar corona, is created by the quantum mechanical diffraction of light around individual, similarly-sized water droplets in an intervening but mostly-transparent cloud. Since light of different colors has different wavelengths, each color diffracts differently. Lunar coronae are one of the few quantum mechanical color effects that can be easily seen with the unaided eye. Solar coronae are also sometimes evident. The featured image was taken last month from Paris, France. The blue beacon emanating from the Eiffel Tower did not affect the colorful lunar corona.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Society
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
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1 posted on 05/30/2024 12:18:52 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 05/30/2024 12:19:08 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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Pinging the APOD list

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3 posted on 05/30/2024 12:19:43 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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That’s a great photograph. Right place, right time.


4 posted on 05/30/2024 12:22:43 PM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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Yes, very nice. Kinda romantic.


5 posted on 05/30/2024 1:48:35 PM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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Pretty! Similar to ice crystals in the air that make ‘rainbows’ around the Sun in Winter.


6 posted on 05/30/2024 3:04:46 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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