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Title: Orange Moon Post by: sn5_red on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 07:30:32 Anyone else in the town end/arkells notice how orange the moon was when rising last night.
Title: Re: Orange Moon Post by: ronnie21 on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 08:13:06 Did it have its orange hat on?
Title: Re: Orange Moon Post by: overthehill on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 10:35:01 Anyone else in the town end/arkells notice how orange the moon was when rising last night. Yep Title: Re: Orange Moon Post by: Scot Munroe on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 11:08:57 yes i did.
Title: Re: Orange Moon Post by: Batch on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 13:48:35 The reason for the orange colour is due to the scattering of light by the atmosphere. When the moon is near the horizon, the moonlight has to pass through much more atmosphere than when the moon is directly overhead. By the time the moonlight reaches your eyes, the green, blue, and purple pieces of visible light have been scattered away by air molecules. You only see yellow, orange, or red.
Sometimes pollution can cause colourisation of the moon, though this is unlikely in Swindon. Title: Re: Orange Moon Post by: Fred Elliot on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 14:00:00 The reason for the orange colour is due to the scattering of light by the atmosphere. When the moon is near the horizon, the moonlight has to pass through much more atmosphere than when the moon is directly overhead. By the time the moonlight reaches your eyes, the green, blue, and purple pieces of visible light have been scattered away by air molecules. You only see yellow, orange, or red. Sometimes pollution can cause colourisation of the moon, though this is unlikely in Swindon. Thankyou Patrick Moore Title: Re: Orange Moon Post by: axs on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 17:50:35 I was amazed how quickly it rose.
It's not often I get to say that. Title: Re: Orange Moon Post by: Reg Smeeton on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 17:52:59 I was amazed how quickly it rose. It's not often I get to say that. It obviously started moving faster over Swindon... |