Did any one see this?

[tipptruck1]

Friday night it was a full moon. I step out side about 8pm the get some tabacco in me. I look up to see a ring around the moon. I don't mean a tiny ring I mean a big one. I was a clear night and I couldn't see any stars. All I saw was this white ring and the moon. I have never seen any thing like this before. I wish I could have gotten a pic of it. So has any one else seen this happen?

[mayassa]

was it hazy out?

Where your eyes tired, sometimes when I have been up a long time my eyes cant hold a focus and you get halos

[Panamoka_Bassin]

You saw what's called a "Moon Dog." When there is the right amount of moisture in the atmosphere and the light reflecting off the moon is just right it produces a halo around the moon. Many times its a good precursor to rainy weather. Generally, the bigger the ring, the more rain you're likely to get. I'm betting it rained pretty good within the last 36 hours, but I know that more from watching the Steelers game last night

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

This link gives a much more detailed and scientific explanation...

[Guest avid]

I used to see stuff like that all the time  

[Tin]

In New England whenever old timers (stratosdadri) see that in the pm, they all say its gonna snow in the am.

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

In New England whenever old timers (stratosdadri) see that in the pm, they all say its gonna snow in the am.

YUP, Usually means snow is coming.

[fishfordollars]

Guess we learn something every day. I always heard it was caused from ice crystals in the atmosphere. Nice to know.

[roadwarrior]

In New England whenever old timers (stratosdadri) see that in the pm, they all say its gonna snow in the am.

YUP, Usually means snow is coming.

I have seen this phenomena on many occasions, but here in Tennessee it rarely (never) means snow!  

[Tin]

Its a New England thing, or down there it must mean you guys get rain. lol  

[Hookemdown.]

My uncle used to say that however many stars that was inside the ring was the number of days until it would rain.

It's a awesome sight.

[tipptruck1]

Yea we had about a inch of snow last night. Now a cold and a warm front passed. They say its going to start snowing some time tonight intill tomorrow evening. They say its going to be a lot of snow. I just thought it was cool site. I have never seen any thing like that before.

[slomoe]

Keep your eyes up and you'll see alot of cool stuff, shooting stars and whatnot. Just don't run into stuff.

[Murray]

you sure it was tabacco?  ;D

[tipptruck1]

I swear I saw a shooting star for the first time a few weeks ago. I can sit out side durning the summer with a fire some music and stare up at the night sky.

And yes Iam sure it was tabacco. I asked my family to come out and look at it only my grandma has seen it before.

[Panamoka_Bassin]

People spend too much time looking down and rarely take the time to just look up for a while.  On any given night you can see plenty of shooting stars if you are patient enough to just sit and look up.  On nights we'd be steaming out to the fishing grounds, I'd actually expect to see at least one shooting star.  If you're at all interested in the "heavens", get a good pair of binoculars and just scan around.  You'll be surprised at some of the stuff you'll see...