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Moonbow
I thought I'd share a photo with you all. 
I snapped this last night, about 8pm, as the moon was rising over the hill at the back of our house. It's a moonbow, caused by the light of the moon being scattered by a rain shower that was falling over the northern end of Loch Lomond at the time.
The first picture is as it came out of the camera with a 15 second exposure, the second is enhanced so you can see more detail.
Enjoy.
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05-10-2009, 11:36
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Re: Moonbow
Surely it's still a rainbow otherwise its daytime counterpart would be a sunbow?! 
Regardless of my pendantry that's a quality shot
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05-10-2009, 11:37
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Re: Moonbow
I love the the idea of Moonbows. Nice pictures Chris, thank you for sharing.
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05-10-2009, 11:39
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Re: Moonbow
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Surely it's still a rainbow otherwise its daytime counterpart would be a sunbow?!
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A moon-rainbow I suppose, but moonbow sounds more mysterous. And that's what the Great God Wikipedia calls them.  
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05-10-2009, 11:48
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Re: Moonbow
Random thought.
The name Moonbow reminds me of Moongate. I always wanted one because they sounded so romantic.
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05-10-2009, 12:11
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Re: Moonbow
Moonbow is, as far as I recall, also known as a lunar rainbow.
Nice shot.
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05-10-2009, 13:15
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Re: Moonbow
The moon has been particulary bright this week.. I got up at 5:30 Sunday morning to watch the Japanese GP and wondered why the livingroom was bathed in bright light only to realize that it was the full moon..
Nice one Chris 
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05-10-2009, 13:18
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Re: Moonbow
to be totally pedantic the light still comes from the sun either way lol
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05-10-2009, 13:25
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Re: Moonbow
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Originally Posted by zing
to be totally pedantic the light still comes from the sun either way lol
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05-10-2009, 13:43
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Re: Moonbow
real nice
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