[NatureNS] rainbow at night?

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The moon was aleady up in the south-easterly sky, and had a ring around
it, but this arc was in the nnw area.

 Had the moon risen by this point? Sometimes you can see a rainbow all the
> way around the moon (there must be a name for this) and if the moon wasn't
> up yet, the rainbow would appear only as an arc.
>
> This of course is just an idea from an astronomically-depovrished
> biologist.
> Randy
>
>
> On 19/04/2008, David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote:
>>
>> Northern Lights ?
>> DW
>>
>> bdigout@seaside.ns.ca wrote:
>>
>> As we arrived home this evening  in Samsonville at 9:00 P.M. there was a
>> > light arc in the nnw, going from the horizon up about 20 degrees and
>> > back
>> > to the horizon.  There was a light mist at the time, but also a full
>> > moon.
>> > Does anybody have an idea what it might be?
>> > Billy
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Randy
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> RF Lauff
> Way in the boonies of
> Antigonish County, NS.
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