# the moon
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-moon/187169
**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [January 2, 2007, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-moon/187169 "2007-01-02T21:14:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2007, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-moon/187169/1 "2007-01-02T21:14:28Z")
anyone see it tonight its crazy lookin, with a big ring around it, anyone know why
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### Author:  [@Turbo\_Silverado](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Turbo_Silverado)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-moon/187169/2 "2007-01-02T21:17:04Z")
> [@interesting job offer v. what would you do?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/interesting-job-offer-v-what-would-you-do/27011/29):
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> anyone see it tonight its crazy lookin, with a big ring around it, anyone know why
dude, omg, me and my brother noticed it two, i tried taking pics, but the ring would not show up in the pics, its kinda freaky looking
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### Author:  [@The1SloR\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The1SloR_T)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-moon/187169/3 "2007-01-02T21:35:39Z")
i noticed it was big and bright…
I’ve seen rings around it before a long time ago, its some kind of eclipse but i dont know what…
edit: just looked and i see no rings… its a slight overcast now tho
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-moon/187169/4 "2007-01-02T21:38:27Z")
i did a search said something bout ice crystals, or something along them lines
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### Author:  [@foz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/foz)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-moon/187169/5 "2007-01-02T21:49:30Z")
I was just taking the trash to the curb when I saw it! freaking wild…
I then proceeded to waste20 mins trying to capture it on film, with three different cameras…
never saw it like that before
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### Author:  [@The1SloR\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The1SloR_T)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-moon/187169/6 "2007-01-02T21:49:34Z")
> [@FS: Ladder Shelf (black) furniture](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-ladder-shelf-black-furniture/26264/9):
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> i did a search said something bout ice crystals, or something along them lines
ya i heard something like that, also folklore means bad weather coming
> The ring around the Moon is caused by the reflection of Moonlight (which of course is reflected sunlight) from ice crystals in the upper atmosphere. The shape of the ice crystals results in a focusing of the light into a ring. Since the ice crystals typically have the same shape, namely a hexagonal shape, the Moon ring is always the same size.
Edit: I see the ring now, i was expecting a smaller ring like i seen a few years ago, this one is HUGE and slightly harder to see
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### Author:  [@burnyd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnyd)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-moon/187169/7 "2007-01-02T22:45:49Z")
I also seen this very strange.
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### Author:  [@steelcitysix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/steelcitysix)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2007, 12:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-moon/187169/8 "2007-01-03T00:51:59Z")
At 3am clear as a bell out and I noticed it
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### Author:  [@SoLow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoLow)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-moon/187169/9 "2007-01-03T01:14:37Z")
damn it i’m gonna have to go outside and look now after reading this thread…lol
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### Author:  [@Jeff95TA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeff95TA)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2007, 4:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-moon/187169/10 "2007-01-03T04:44:17Z")
it’s the end of the world
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### Author:  [@Turbo\_Silverado](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Turbo_Silverado)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2007, 4:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-moon/187169/11 "2007-01-03T04:44:27Z")
i wish i could have gotten it on film, it was wild looking
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### Author:  [@smokeyburnouts](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/smokeyburnouts)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2007, 5:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-moon/187169/12 "2007-01-03T05:28:42Z")
even this morning on my way to work it looked so bright and crazy…pretty sweet
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### Author:  [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2007, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-moon/187169/13 "2007-01-04T08:02:43Z")
> [@Anyone here live in the Philly area?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-here-live-in-the-philly-area/26780/24):
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> it’s the end of the world
x2
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### Author:  [@mp3ray](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mp3ray)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2007, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-moon/187169/14 "2007-01-04T09:04:16Z")
[http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moonring/](http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moonring/)