[Chaos-l] moon

[Michael Hrivnak]

Last night around 9:15pm, I saw a HUGE ring around the moon thanks to some 
thick haze.  The radius was somewhere around 30 degrees.  I was in Dublin NC 
at the time, which is a tiny town about 30 miles SSE of Fayetteville.  
Beautiful!

Michael

On Saturday 13 December 2008 11:01:05 Terry Crook wrote:
> Yep. We noticed it too. Nice clear skies
> certainly helped. I expect moonrise, with a clear
> view, tonight will be spectacular as well.
> OTOH, you were a knowledgeable 'dork'!
> That's much better than just a plain, garden variety dork, I think. :-D
>
> At 09:45 AM 12/13/2008, Robert wrote:
> >Mark,
> >
> >Indeed.  My wife and I went to an office holiday
> >party, and she commented on it.  I explained
> >about it being "the biggest moon" of the year
> >(moon being closest, full moon, etc) and all
> >through the night she made me repeat it to
> >everyone I met.   I bet I looked like a dork.
> >
> >Robert
> >
> >Mark Lerch wrote:
> >>I certainly hope others are enjoying this
> >>spectacular full moon perigee tonight.  As I
> >>left work I drove north on route 1 and the moon
> >>was rising over the highway in front of me,
> >>framed on either side by trees and appearing
> >>enormous.  It was beautiful!  And now through
> >>the night it is the brightest full moon I can
> >>ever remember, difficult to even look at.
> >>
> >>Wonderful stuff.
> >>
> >>Mark
> >
> >Taurus Terry in Chapel Hill
> >35° 55' 47"N, 79° 01' 00"W


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