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.
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That’s a great photograph. Right place, right time.
Yes, very nice. Kinda romantic.
Pretty! Similar to ice crystals in the air that make ‘rainbows’ around the Sun in Winter.
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