Moonbows

[inzilbeth]

I was on the road very early this morning, a good hour before the first hint of dawn appeared in the sky, as I had to take two steers to the butcher. It was pouring with rain but the moon was almost a full one and it wasn't obscured by the rain clouds. Suddenly, up ahead, I saw a rainbow, or rather what i thought was a rainbow except of course there was no sun. Then I realised it could only the moonlight which have caused it to form. It's obvious really, but this is the very first time I've ever seen what is apparently called a moonbow, inspite of, over the years, spending a good deal of time outdoors after dark . The photo is a googled one but the beam looks exactly like the one I saw.

It got me wondering just how common or otherwise these things are and how often other people see them.

 

Comments

[lissas-elves.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's amazing!! I didn't know this phenomenon and certainly never saw anything like it. Lucky you!

(As a matter of fact, I just a minute ago finished a snip about the first rising of the moon; obviously, the bunny now insists that a moonbow needs to appear in the story. )

[inzilbeth-liz.livejournal.com]

Lol! I certainly think one of these will be appearing in a story of mine one day too. I'm glad to know you're writing.

[lissas-elves.livejournal.com]

If we write them, we're probably going to get comments on what on earth we're thinking, making up such an unlikely thing. We'd better include a link to the photo. :-)

>>I'm glad to know you're writing.<<

Thanks! I'm NaQua'ing this month: 100 words a day is as much as I can possibly handle (let's not think about the 'quality' part of NaQua), as I'm notoriously slow. (Trying to continue the 'First Elves' story I started last November.)

[inzilbeth-liz.livejournal.com]

100 words a day doesn't sound too bad, though I bet you have plenty of days when even that is impossible. I know I do.

Good luck!