Cloud Ring Around The Moon

[JimSiam]

Has anyone else seen the cloud ring around the moon tonight, kind of wierd.

[Phil Conners]

I don't get it... is it a joke?

[Rimmer]

Yep I can see it but doubt anyone in town will be able to, due to the other lights in town.

[h90]

maybe it will rain soon on the moon?

I guess it is dirt in the air (of this planet) which brakes the light, or?

[JimSiam]

I am not far from Walking street and can see it quite well, camera it didnt come out so well.

[basjke]

Keep watching it.If the moon gets bigger over time it is a ufo which is closing in.

[Carib]

Oh my gawd is member verygoodgirl right?? Is this also because of the chem trails??

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Drought-Info...94#entry3639294

[Explorer]

there's a witch (western) saying - ring around the moon, trouble approaching soon

hope it's not true as we just got over one

[kopite]

[TheWalkingMan]

I am too lazy to google... but I think those are ice crystals reflecting the light of the moon and creating the ring. Enjoy.

TheWalkingMan

[Michaelaway]

Where is Jombom when you need him?

[bazmlb]

The moon can produce interesting optical effects when conditions are right. The most common of which are moon rings, moon bows, which are similar to rainbows, moon dogs and moon pillars. A rainbow is produced when sunlight is refracted through water droplets - A similar effect is produced when moon light refracts through ice crystals.

[JimSiam]

If I had a decent camera this is what it looks like to the eye.

[thaigone]

Ice crystals refracting reflected sun light from the mood. If i remember correctly the arc or ring is always 22.5 degrees from the source. Very similar to a rainbow. If you look up "sun dogs" you will find out more. More info on wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_ring

[twschw]

A lunar halo is caused by the refraction, reflection, and dispersion of light through ice particles suspended within thin, wispy, high altitude cirrus or cirrostratus clouds. As light passes through these hexagon-shaped ice crystals, it is bent at a 22 degree angle, creating a halo 22 degrees in radius (or 44 degrees in diameter).

But ain't it purrty

source:http://www.farmersalmanac.com/astronomy/2009/08/17/ring-around-the-moon/

[hjvdhoef]

Yes,I saw it very clear after my tenth beer and I look up through the toilet window.Fantastic.

[JohanV]

Yes,I saw it very clear after my tenth beer and I look up through the toilet window.Fantastic.

Did you also notice the ring around the toilet ?

[davejonesbkk]

its aliens, I suggest you leave Thailand immediately

[thaigold]

I don't get it... is it a joke?

No, it's ice crystals in the high stratosphere. Beautiful in the Arizona high desert. Just imagine, the Thais have never seen the Milky Way. So sad.

[Goshawk]

its aliens, I suggest you leave Thailand immediately

agreed.. They actually live in the Moon, but its not really the Moon as we've previously known & understood it. No, its a giant hollowed out spaceship whose alien inhabitants have been beaming down to Earth mind controlling energy to Humanity for aeons..

...well, that's the new theory acording to .David Icke.

so the 'ring' could be one of their transmissions...

Quick.. run !!

[JohanV]

OK, I understand the moon ring thing.

I also understand the associative connection between Icelandic ash clouds and moon-ring-ice-crystals.

But.. ..in the 'similar topics' list on the bottom of this page I read: "Thailand Child-Sex Ring Run By Monk Busted In Chiang Mai "

Now, tell me, what is the similarity between a monk-run child-sex ring and a moon ring ?

Assuming the monks are not disguised aliens originating from a hollow-moon-base of course.

On another note:

NASA runs a lovely website with pictures of various sky phenomena and other space related things:

Astronomy Picture Of The Day [APOD]

There are some nice moon-rings to be found there, too.

Edited May 24, 2010 by JohanV

[rodcourt49]

A lunar halo is caused by the refraction, reflection, and dispersion of light through ice particles suspended within thin, wispy, high altitude cirrus or cirrostratus clouds. As light passes through these hexagon-shaped ice crystals, it is bent at a 22 degree angle, creating a halo 22 degrees in radius (or 44 degrees in diameter).

But ain't it purrty

source:http://www.farmersalmanac.com/astronomy/2009/08/17/ring-around-the-moon/

..nice to take one's mind of all the blood and carnage of recent weeks..

[Dave the Dude]

I saw it too here in Surin last night (and I was sober).

Maybe that's had to believe too?