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Aquila pronounced AK-weh-lah, uh-KWILL-uh or even a-kee-laa, means eagle in Latin. Just like the eagle, this blog is my “bird’s eye view” on situations or topics that I happen to come across in my daily life.

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Rings around the moon

// May 19th, 2008 // General // 3,214 views

Anyone see the rings around the moon tonight? It was quite amazing.

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4 Responses to “Rings around the moon”

1. Quentin says:

   May 19, 2008 at 10:10 am

   I saw it! If I had to guess what caused it…. the saem concept as a rainbow, but at night. Light refracting through the clouds (it wasn’t a perfectly clear night).
2. Colin Seymour says:

   May 19, 2008 at 8:15 pm

   It could be a sheet of ice or ice particles high up refracting the light from the moon. I’ve seen a similar thing with the sun in winter in Jo’burg
3. Aquila says:

   May 20, 2008 at 11:41 pm

   Hey Quentin and Colin…I think you’re right.

   The ring around the Moon is caused by the refraction of Moonlight from ice crystals in the upper atmosphere. The shape of the ice crystals results in a focusing of the light into a ring.