if you live in the west country

Go outside now & look up at the moon, this doesn't happen often.

 

What - I'm all agog now. Is it something exciting?

 

Wow, just dragged the next door neighbour out to see it & her being 70 ish had never seen it before, hows it looking from Sussex Aaron ?

 

I opted for staying indoors, in the warmth.

 

My camera wasn't up to taking a pic, so heres a link to what it was,

http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moonring/


A huge ring round the moon. Inside the ring it appeared clear, but misty on the outside.

 

Excellent, worth braving the cold for. I fitted 3 extra radiators during the snow last year, just to spread the heat around the house a bit better. Worth doing.

 

I remember driving down from Wales in about 1992 ish, probably thru Glostershire.

There had been a blocking high stuck over the country for about 5 weeks & there was hoar frost all the way. Looked fantastic.

Had to get out of the welsh valley as the air hadn't changed in that time & all the coal smoke was just sat in it. Eyes were stinging & breathing wasn't much fun.

If you walked up the mountain there was fresh air about 50 feet up & the smoke looked like a grey lake in the valley.

Tar was dripping out of the down pipes where it was condensing on the roof.

 

How pretty

Will it be there tonight as well? I hope it does signify cooler, frosty weather. At the moment here we have sunny starts, that soon cloud over...and then it rains :(

 

Very pretty Aaron,

Bit like this,

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BMnG7Fc4iIM/SQdvSeX-prI/AAAAAAAAAyE/0dfFWZMHVNE/s400/moonhalo_mccay_big.jpg&imgrefurl=http://dolangeiman.blogspot.com/2008/10/nature-corner-halo-round-moon.html&usg=__d4817bcl0Su5yzKQAkzWWl3eM14=&h=400&w=269&sz=18&hl=en&start=217&zoom=1&tbnid=4vNSQnIg2FIbwM:&tbnh=130&tbnw=90&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dring%2Bround%2Bthe%2Bmoon%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1T4GFRE_enGB370GB370%26biw%3D1345%26bih%3D438%26tbs%3Disch:10%2C4591&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=1025&vpy=108&dur=2937&hovh=274&hovw=184&tx=125&ty=183&ei=eXzmTOvzO5GKhQfMwq37DA&oei=UHzmTIKCG82BhQeQm5jBDA&esq=15&page=15&ndsp=16&ved=1t:429,r:14,s:217&biw=1345&bih=438

Might be there again tonight, same weather conditions. I'll keep my eye open & give you a shout.

 

Just checked the moon, no ring tonight :cry:

Just a small rainbow of colours coming thru the clouds

 

Yes, no ring round the moon here either :( And I went out specially to check. Twice.

 

Well, its good to see you are motivated about celestial things now Aaron :gnthb:
Just had a final check myself, cant even see the moon now, too much cloud.

But hey, I get to sleep in a heated house tonight :gnthb: albeit one with a big hole in the side.