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  2. Moonbow - Wikipedia

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    Moonbows are much fainter than solar rainbows, due to the smaller amount of light reflected from the surface of the Moon. Because the light is usually too faint to excite the cone color receptors in human eyes, it is difficult for the human eye to discern colors in a moonbow. As a result, a moonbow often appears to be white. [2]

  3. 'Prepare to be enthralled': How to see Yosemite's enchanting ...

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    Another time, she set her alarm for 1:30 a.m. for a hike in bright moonlight to Vernal Fall. It was so cold that the condensed spray solidly froze her tripod. “It’s such a rewarding experience ...

  4. Why the moon shines so bright overhead in winter - AOL

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    Morning sky: Very bright Venus rises in the east around 5 a.m. in early January and around 6 a.m. late in the month. Mercury and Mars joined Venus low in the east in late December.

  5. Why is the moon so bright this month? Supermoon ... - AOL

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    Why is the moon so bright tonight? The next full moon will occur on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. The moon will appear full starting the afternoon of August 18 and will continue to look full until around ...

  6. Olbers's paradox - Wikipedia

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    If the universe is homogeneous at a large scale, then there would be four times as many stars in a second shell between 2,000,000,000 and 2,000,000,001 light years away. However, the second shell is twice as far away, so each star in it would appear one quarter as bright as the stars in the first shell.

  7. Sky brightness - Wikipedia

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    Amount of air still illuminated after sunset, at the horizon. Normalized so that zenith is 1 airmass. Indirectly scattered sunlight comes from two directions. From the atmosphere itself, and from outer space. In the first case, the Sun has just set but still illuminates the upper atmosphere directly.

  8. Rare 'white rainbow' caught on camera gracing skies over city ...

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    The bright blue skies contrast against the bright white fogbow, and the partly sunny conditions in the fogbow's bac. ... Most moonbows are white like fogbows, as the light given off by the moon's ...

  9. Talk:Moonbow - Wikipedia

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    It was added by an anonymous person at 71.28.197.101 so there is not an easy way to follow up on what they meant by standing. I took the photo of the moonbow over Vic Falls, but it is not unique, and, like a rainbow, you can create a moonbow where ever it is dark, have a bright moon behind you and a mist/rain in front of you.